LAUREN WOOD | THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — James Wooley grabs the aviation light that was dropped down from one of the towers from crew members on the Mississippi River bridge Tuesday afternoon. The crew with Simmons Erosion Control started at 6 a.m. yesterday morning, and the project will take a total of four days.

LAUREN WOOD | THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — Brian Priest, the superintendent of the crew with Simmons Erosion Control, replaces one of the navigation lights underneath the dock of the Mississippi River bridge Tuesday afternoon. The navigation and aviation lights on the bridge were being replaced with LED lights.

LAUREN WOOD | THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — James Wooley, right, jumps back onto the bridge with the old navigation light as Brian Priest climbs up the ladder and Josh Brewer, left, cleans up the area where the light was replaced Tuesday afternoon on the Mississippi River bridge. The crew had started the four-day project yesterday, and was replacing the old navigation and aviation lights with LED lights.