In the song "Ode to Billie Joe", which bridge did Billie Joe McAllister jump off?

Billie Joe McAllister (a fictional person) committed suicide by jumping off the Tallahatchie Bridge on Choctaw Ridge, Mississippi. This concerns the situation mentioned in the song "Ode to Billie Joe". The only clue which was noted is that a local pastor saw someone who looked just like the narrator with Billie Joe. The person was tossing something off the bridge. The most likely and saddest theory is that it was a stillborn baby, and Billie Joe's guilt over that death leads him to make his fatal dive.

The song "Ode to Billie Joe" was written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry, a singer-songwriter from Chickasaw County, Mississippi. The single, released on July 10, 1967, was a number-one hit in the U.S. within three weeks of release. It became a very big international seller.

The song takes the form of a first-person narrative performed over sparse acoustic accompaniment with strings in the background. It tells of a rural Mississippi family's reaction to the news of the suicide of Billie Joe McAllister, a local boy to whom the daughter (and narrator) is connected. Hearsay around the "Tallahatchie Bridge" forms the narrative and musical hook. The song concludes with the demise of the father and the lingering, singular effects of the two deaths on the family.

Billboard ranked the record as the No. 3 song of the year. This song remained on the Billboard chart for 20 weeks and was the Number 1 song for four weeks.