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THE BAY SAINT LOUIS BAY BRIDGE
It was a great day for Bay St. Louis in 1928 when the ferry across the Bay of Saint Louis was replaced with a wooden bridge which was built at the cost of $752,610.65 of creosoted pilings and timber. It was 14,445 feet in length and had a draw bridge for vessels entering and leaving the bay.
This project which was primarily the result of the hard work and energy of Horatio S. Weston of Logtown, then president of the Board of Supervisors, suddenly transformed Bay St. Louis from an independent and isolated resort town to the open western portal of the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast. It was located at present day Ulman Avenue.
At that time, 19 miles of Highway 90 to New Orleans remained unpaved, but this was reduced to one half mile by 1932. There were five miles of bridges between Bay Saint Louis and Pascagoula. This bridge was replaced in August 1953 with the present concrete structure.