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Edmund Pettus Bridge

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The Edmund Pettus Bridge, perhaps, is the most famous (or infamous) bridge in Alabama history to this day. The bridge is the site of the historic civil rights conflicts known as the Selma to Montgomery Marches and "Bloody Sunday."

Photo taken by James McCray

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Overview
Steel through arch bridge over Alabama River on US 80 in Selma
Location
Selma, Dallas County, Alabama
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1940
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 250.0 ft.
Total length: 1,248.1 ft.
Deck width: 42.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 27, 2013
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.40547, -87.01864   (decimal degrees)
32°24'20" N, 87°01'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/498247/3585380 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Selma
Inventory numbers
AL 2273 (Alabama bridge number)
NRHP 13000281 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10106 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2011)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 43.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
18,590

Update Log 

  • July 16, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
  • October 12, 2008: New photos from James McCray

Sources 

  • Wikipedia
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com