Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Big Wills Creek on Lake Rhea Road in Gadsden
- Location
- Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Built 1918; rehabilitated 1968
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 99.1 ft.
Total length: 198.2 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.01667, -86.10000 (decimal degrees)
34°01'00" N, 86°05'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/583098/3764369 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Gadsden West
- Inventory numbers
- AL 9479 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 10117 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 03/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 7.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1991)
- 1,000
Comments
The bridge that replaced the old Lake Rhea Bridge 2007.
Prior to destruction
The bridge has been torn down much to the dismay of my family. We have lived on Lake Rhea Road for many years now and that bridge has been a part of our daily lives. What I want to know is if you have any information about the 2 previous locations of that bridge. There are 2 other places on our property where that same bridge was functioning. One is rather modern looking concrete pillars, but the first site has large rock pillars. I would dearly love to get all the information about this site. My dad, "Eugene Robertson" rebuilt his side of the bridge column several years ago. He used the same rocks that collapsed into the creek over the years. No one knows when this bridge site was constructed. It has been said that that site was the only way people could get to Cullman. Can you provide any information about it? I will go today and take some photos for you to see and also provide a map to see where the other 2 sites are located with respect to the current site.