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Natural Bridge
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Natural Bridge
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Courtesy of carolinaterp
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
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BH Photo #255667
Description
This is a privately owned natural bridge, located by the town of the same name in Winston county, AL. It formed between 150 and 200 million years ago. It is in a locally well-known natural site, and is billed, with unknown veracity, as the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. This makes the bridge notable enough, I feel, to be listed. The bridge is 148' long, 60' high, and 10' wide, and can only be viewed from below rather than being walked across due to insurance concerns. There are other smaller natural arches in the park near the largest span.
Facts
- Overview
- Arch bridge
- Location
- Natural Bridge, Winston County, Alabama
- Status
- Park is open
- History
- A natural landform that began developing c.200 million years ago.
- Design
- Sandstone and iron ore natural arch bridge, 60' high and 10' wide.
- Dimensions
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Span length: 148.0 ft.
Total length: 148.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.09306, -87.61472 (decimal degrees)
34°05'35" N, 87°36'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/443293/3772644 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Lynn
- Inventory number
- BH 56501 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 7, 2013: Added by Zachary S