Comcast Cable will pay Warren County $30,000 upfront and nearly $314,000 in the next 10 years to run a fiber optic cable through the county, using the old U.S. 80 bridge as a trellis along the way, but it will not bring service to the county.

The line is slated to hug railroad rights of way under the brick overpass on North Frontage Road and cross the Mississippi River on the U.S. 80 bridge before dipping back underground at tower 7 on the Louisiana side of the bridge, Vicksburg Bridge Commission attorney Bobby Bailess told supervisors shortly before the board unanimously OK’d terms of the deal.

Tower 7 is about 630 feet west of pier 8.

In April, the company said the line will function as a backup communications link between the cable provider’s Monroe and Jackson markets during service interruptions. No plans exist to extend service in Vicksburg and Warren County, where Vicksburg Video holds the franchise for cable television service inside the city and parts slightly beyond. Satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network are abundant outside the city, while AT&T offers its Internet Protocol TV service, U-verse, where available.