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Cahaba Beach Road Bridge

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Cahaba Beach Road Bridge

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Little Cahaba River on Cahaba Beach Road in Birmingham
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1904
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 109.9 ft.
Total length: 109.9 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.43995, -86.69917   (decimal degrees)
33°26'24" N, 86°41'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/527962/3700101 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Cahaba Heights
Inventory numbers
AL 24 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 10138 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/1996)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 20.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1996)
100

Update Log 

  • April 24, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Bridge is actually a thru truss, corrected GPS coordinates

Sources 

  • C Hanchey - cmh2315 [at] yahoo [dot] com