# Looking for a roadside ruin

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 19, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-roadside-ruin/938207 "2021-03-19T00:31:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-roadside-ruin/938207/1 "2021-03-19T00:31:07Z")

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It’s somewhere in a southeast city. I drove past it over 15 years ago, so maybe it’s gone. When they built the Interstate or freeway, they had to cut down an old viaduct that ran perpendicular to it. They didn’t remove the whole viaduct; they left the approach, which went up, and then was abruptly chopped off. I think there was a bunch of kudzu on it, which wouldn’t be a surprise. Anyway, the thing stayed with me for some reason, like it was evocative of who knows what. I keep thinking Chattanooga, or Memphis. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-roadside-ruin/938207/2 "2021-03-19T06:51:19Z")

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Have you ever been to Vicksburg, MS?  
There is a kudzu covered abandoned overpass. Not sure what highway it was. I remember it to be close to downtown.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-roadside-ruin/938207/3 "2021-03-19T16:23:30Z")

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Thanks, Beck. I don’t see it, but I’m still looking.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-roadside-ruin/938207/4 "2021-03-19T16:36:24Z")

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Could you tell us what route you took?

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-roadside-ruin/938207/5 "2021-03-19T16:40:36Z")

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Unfortunately no. This was back when I was the world’s shittiest otr truck driver. I was everywhere except home. This viaduct was probably pre ww11 concrete rising up out of a depressed looking neighborhood commercial area, iirc.