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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

Ocean Springs Bridge concrete-slab highway span collapse, Biloxi harbor.

Collapsed concrete-slab sections of the Ocean Springs Bridge lie broken and submerged in Biloxi harbor's waters, with a lone streetlamp still standing amid the twisted guardrails under a partly cloudy sky.

Collection

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Hurricane Katrina Photos

Ocean Springs Bridge concrete-slab highway span collapse, Biloxi harbor.

Original title

2005-28354.jpg (Object)

Citation

“Ocean Springs Bridge concrete-slab highway span collapse, Biloxi harbor.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/1086.