WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Awarding Of Bids To Rebuild Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge Pending: "Countless tours of the hurricane devastated Gulf Coast have ended here, at the base of what was the Biloxi Ocean Springs Bridge.
'Seeing pictures is one thing but to be live looking at just the volume of it and the extent of it,' says Don Raths of Chicago, Illinois. 'It just seems more real.'
As a structural engineer Raths has a unique perspective on the extent of damage done to this vital artery turned tourist attraction.
'It was enlightening to see what the surge did to the precast concrete structures,' says Raths. 'You can see it moved the bridge deck literally 15 feet to the north and picked it up then it collapsed off the piers on one end.'
But very soon work will finally begin to remove the rubble and erect a new bridge."
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