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Raphael Semmes Memorial Bridge
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Raphael Semmes Memorial Bridge
Photo from University of Alabama
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
View this photo at ualabama.maps.arcgis.com
BH Photo #469066
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss lift bridge on US 43 over Tombigbee River
- Location
- Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama
- Status
- Demolished
- History
- The Semmes was one of 15 original memorial toll bridges build for the Alabama Bridge Company. Spanned a large river on State Highway 5 Mobile to Selma. http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/utils/getfile/collection/quarterly/id/1307/filename/1308.pdf
- Builder
- - J. B. McCreary of Atlanta, Georgia
- Design
- Truss, with a section that could be raised for boats to pass below (vertical lift).
- Dimensions
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Total length: 5,280.0 ft. (1.0 mi.)
- Also called
- Admiral Semmes Bridge
Semmes Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +31.52180, -87.93615 (decimal degrees)
31°31'18" N, 87°56'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/411118/3487812 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 60289 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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