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White Water Creek Bridge

Coffee County, Alabama
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Overview
Pony truss bridge over White Water Creek on AL 125 in Elba
Location
Elba, Coffee County, Alabama
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built ca. 1940
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 420.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.41531, -86.06198   (decimal degrees)
31°24'55" N, 86°03'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/589160/3476010 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Elba
Inventory numbers
AL 2450 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 36056 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/1991)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 49.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1988)
940

Categories 

Alabama (508)
Built during 1940s (2,808)
Coffee County, Alabama (6)
Elba, Alabama (3)
Functionally obsolete (7,054)
Lost (10,499)
 Owned by state (9,854)
Pony truss (13,213)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,307)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,383)
Truss (23,618)

Update Log 

  • October 31, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added image

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  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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White Water Creek Bridge
Posted October 31, 2012, by Ramona Pace

The bridge is gone. The levees were rehabilitated and the raised in the early 2000's and the bridge was in the way and considered a weak point in the levee due to the flood gates located there. I know it was gone by August, 2003.