The Alabama DOT and Federal Highway Administration are ready to invest in its preservation and are offering to pay to move and install the bridge up to what they estimate as the cost of demolition, according to the Anniston Star.
History
Built 1948; rehabilitated 1980
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 109.9 ft.
Total length: 190.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.62279, -85.51342(decimal degrees) 33°37'22" N, 85°30'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
AL 12270 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 36047 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair(5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair(5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair(5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 13.9 (out of 100) View more at BridgeReports.com
Categories
Update Log
August 25, 2015: Updated by Andy Peters: adds NRHP eligibility, Anniston Star news article Aug. 2015
June 24, 2010: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Updated bridge type
Late fall opening likely for bridge completion - Towering cranes were positioned on either side of the river as workers constructed the foundation of the bridge, which will replace a rusting one-lane truss bridge that dates back to