Itawamba County resident Bill Burleson recently went before the Itawamba County Board of Supervisors to present multiple reasons he believes the Boguegaba Creek Bridge on Shumpert Road should be replaced and the road remain open. Although supervisors initially planned to shutter the bridge, the board agreed to table the matter until they had the opportunity to further discuss it.
Bill Burleson walks atop the dilapidated Boguegaba Creek Bridge in Southwestern Itawamba County. Burleson told The Times wooden pylons supporting the bridge that crosses Boguegaba Creek, which flows perpendicular to Shumpert Road, have shifted from the weight of falling trees being washed downstream.
Itawamba County resident Bill Burleson recently went before the Itawamba County Board of Supervisors to present multiple reasons he believes the Boguegaba Creek Bridge on Shumpert Road should be replaced and the road remain open. Although supervisors initially planned to shutter the bridge, the board agreed to table the matter until they had the opportunity to further discuss it.
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Bill Burleson walks atop the dilapidated Boguegaba Creek Bridge in Southwestern Itawamba County. Burleson told The Times wooden pylons supporting the bridge that crosses Boguegaba Creek, which flows perpendicular to Shumpert Road, have shifted from the weight of falling trees being washed downstream.
“When you’re viewing the creek bed from the bridge, you are looking at a 32-million-year-old ancient sea that long ago covered the region,” Bill Burleson told The Times. “This area of Itawamba County is the beginning of the prominent feature on geographical maps referred to as the Pontotoc Ridge.”
Donning his signature cowboy hat and puffing a Churchill cigar, the 74-year-old Itawamba County resident stood atop the Boguegaba Creek Bridge on Shumpert Road and discussed the importance of natural assets like the creek and the importance of keeping roads and bridges in working order that gives the public access to them.
