Qualla: Stuckey's Bridge https://qualla.com/stuckey-s-bridge en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/8/z/stuckey-s-bridge-wp/stuckey-s-bridge-on-the-chunky.jpg Qualla: Stuckey's Bridge https://qualla.com/stuckey-s-bridge Stuckey's Bridge: Introduction https://qualla.com/stuckey-s-bridge/ Photo credit Charlie Brenner from Jackson Mississippi, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0. Nobody crosses Stuckey's Bridge at night if they can help it. The old iron truss spans the Chunky River a few miles southwest of Meridian, Mississippi, carrying nothing now but rust and legend. According to local lore, a man named Stuckey once ran an inn on the riverbank where he robbed and murdered his guests, burying the bodies in the soft earth along the water's edge. After twenty victims, Stuckey was caught and hanged from the newly built bridge over the very river that had hidden his crimes. The bridge that stands today is not that original structure -- it was built in 1901 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company, replacing an earlier crossing that dates to around 1850 -- but the ghost stories cling to the iron as if they were riveted on.

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/8/z/stuckey-s-bridge-wp/dj8z-stuckeys-bridge-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Stuckey's Bridge: The Inn at the River's Edge https://qualla.com/stuckey-s-bridge/ Photo credit Brewri92535, CC BY-SA 3.0. The legend of Stuckey's Bridge has been told in Lauderdale County for generations, though the line between fact and folklore dissolved long ago. The story goes that a man called Stuckey -- sometimes linked to the Dalton Gang, though no historical evidence supports that connection...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/8/z/stuckey-s-bridge-wp/dj8z-stuckeys-bridge-the-inn-at-the-rivers-edge.mp3 0:06 2 full Stuckey's Bridge: Iron and Rust https://qualla.com/stuckey-s-bridge/ Photo credit Jonathunder, Public domain. The bridge standing today is not the one from the legend. In 1901, the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company erected the current iron through-truss structure to replace the earlier crossing. It served as the main route over the Chunky River for decades before modern road construction ...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/8/z/stuckey-s-bridge-wp/dj8z-stuckeys-bridge-iron-and-rust.mp3 0:06 3 full Stuckey's Bridge: The Ghost on the Riverbank https://qualla.com/stuckey-s-bridge/ Photo credit Brewri92535, CC BY-SA 3.0. Locals and thrill-seekers have reported the same handful of phenomena for decades. The most persistent sighting is an old man carrying a lantern, walking along the river's edge below the bridge. Some visitors describe hearing loud splashes in the water beneath the span -- said to...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/8/z/stuckey-s-bridge-wp/dj8z-stuckeys-bridge-the-ghost-on-the-riverbank.mp3 0:06 4 full Stuckey's Bridge: A Crossing Worth Preserving https://qualla.com/stuckey-s-bridge/ Photo credit Brewri92535, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ghost stories aside, Stuckey's Bridge matters as a piece of Mississippi's engineering heritage. Iron truss bridges built at the turn of the twentieth century are vanishing across the rural South, replaced by concrete and steel beam spans that carry heavier loads but lack any arch...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/8/z/stuckey-s-bridge-wp/dj8z-stuckeys-bridge-a-crossing-worth-preserving.mp3 0:06 5 full