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Happy Hollow Bridge

Lauderdale County, Alabama
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Shoals Creek Bridge at Kilburn Beach CR 47

Photo taken by Dave Reasons

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Map 

Street View 

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Facts 

Overview
Riveted polygonal Warren through truss bridge over Shoals Creek on CR 47
Location
Lauderdale County, Alabama
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1928
Design
Riveted polygonal Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 220.2 ft.
Total length: 394.0 ft.
Deck width: 21.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.3 ft.
Also called
Shoals Creek Bridge over Co Rd 47
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.91210, -87.58828   (decimal degrees)
34°54'44" N, 87°35'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/446260/3863453 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Pruitton
Inventory numbers
AL 528 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 10162 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2012)
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: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 25.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1989)
2,040

Categories 

Alabama (498)
Built 1928 (806)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Have street view (9,909)
Lauderdale County, Alabama (29)
Open (28,322)
Owned by county (16,495)
Polygonal Warren through truss (300)
 Polygonal Warren truss (738)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Structurally deficient (16,686)
Through truss (9,212)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,372)
Truss (23,578)
Warren truss (3,961)

Update Log 

  • July 28, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
  • February 27, 2011: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added truss type and fixed coordinated
  • July 1, 2010: New photos from Dave Reasons
  • May 3, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Dave Reasons
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Shoals Creek Bridge
Posted February 27, 2011, by Ben Tate

This bridge was recently worked on.

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20101220/NEWS/101219765?Title=Happy-Hollow-Bridge-closed

Shoals Creek Bridge
Posted September 27, 2009, by Gloria Eloise Snoddy (cgsnoddy [at] netzero [dot] com)

When I read the facts about this bridge that I cross several times each week, I grew weak. I see large trucks crossing this bridge very often. I see where an inspection was made on March 3, 2009 and the appraisal reported that this bridge was STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT and the SUFFICIENCY rating was 6.0 (out of 100)it scared me to death. What are we going to do about this situation and when are we going to do it. Will we wait until it falls in and people get killed and then say "oh we need a new bridge. Somebody HELP.