Zachary S

Passed underneath on an Amtrak journey just now. Doesn't appear to have been put back in place yet, but so glad to hear of its positive fate.

If there is any good news, the town/county is rather adamant that the bridge be restored. That does not mean this WILL happen though as the bill for repair is pretty high. I hope the trucking company is forced to pay for that, but this IS the United States, where corporate responsibility is laughed off and pushed off on local communities and taxpayers.

Interesting to note, some of the photos show a wooden deck, while more recent ones show a pretty fresh looking steel grate deck. Pretty sad that a bridge that'd been taken care of so well was seriously damaged by an absolute imbecile.

Well if it comes down to a bridge-sit as an act of civil disobedience at demo time, definitely count me in. Might be the futile but would certainly make a point.

This... is a weird bridge. It looks like it was made by putting together random truss parts, and I don't even think it functions as an actual truss.

Now gone.

As per a couple of 2012 news articles, plans to replace the bridge have apparently been set forth.

Apparently replaced by new concrete bridge in 2011.

Appears to have been replaced based on Google Earth.

Hmm. Well the linked article on metal theft is rather infuriating... major problem for metal bridges in the central part of the state. People have no respect for heritage.

There are historical aerials and maps avaliable at http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/aerials/ if that helps.

I'm guessing, discovered while searching for info on the abandoned railroad plate girders?

It looks like they either re-used or replicated the concrete balustrades from the old bridge on the new one, visible along the pedestrian lanes on street view.

Now gone.

Now gone as per Google Earth. New concrete bridge built on slightly different alignment.

This, I'd say, is a pretty epic and amusing addition.

Definitely looks like it to me. I can make out pins and eyebars in the street view.