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General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge

Mobile County, Alabama, and Baldwin County, Alabama

Photos 

West Approach

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in July 2010

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BH Photo #169437

Map 

Street Views 

Description 

This bridge spans the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. Which includes the Mobile River, the Middle River, The Tensaw River, Mifflin Lake and Big Lizard creek.

Facts 

Overview
Through arch bridge over Mobile River on I-65
Location
Mobile County, Alabama, and Baldwin County, Alabama
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1978
Builders
- Expressway Constructors of Saraland, Alabama (Contractor & Erector)
- Gamble's Inc. of Montgomery, Alabama (Fabricator)
- Harris Structural Steel Co. of South Plainfield, New Jersey (Fabricator)
- High Steel Structures, Inc. of Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Fabricator)
- Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff Corporation of Kansas City, Kansas (Design)
- Vogt & Contant SW Corp. of Little Rock, Arkansas (Erector)
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 799.9 ft.
Total length: 32,100.0 ft. (6.1 mi.)
Deck width: 39.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.91412, -87.96366   (decimal degrees)
30°54'51" N, 87°57'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/407919/3420482 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
The Basin
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
11,300
Inventory numbers
AL 12321 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 45604 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 80.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Alabama (979)
Arch (12,477)
Baldwin County, Alabama (19)
Beam (16,318)
Built 1980 (65)
Built during 1980s (729)
Concrete stringer (840)
County line crossing (532)
Expressway Constructors (1)
Gamble's Inc. (1)
Harris Structural Steel Co. (11)
Have street view (27,851)
 High Steel Structures, Inc. (7)
Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff Corporation (31)
Mobile County, Alabama (28)
Modern (2,530)
Open (40,331)
Over a mile long (306)
Owned by state (16,271)
Span length 500-1000 feet (397)
Steel stringer (6,533)
Steel through arch (219)
Total length over 2500 feet (936)
Vogt & Contant SW Corp. (2)

Update Log 

  • June 26, 2020: New photo from Kathryn Weigel
  • May 3, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added builders
  • March 15, 2015: New Street View added by Royce and Bobette Haley
  • February 28, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
  • July 8, 2010: Added by Nathan Morton

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Luke
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Comments 

General W.K. Wilson, Jr. Bridge
Posted August 21, 2015, by Vincent George (vigeo5 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Known to the locals as The Dolly Parton Bridge. It is said that Dolly has quite a laugh when told of the bridge named for her endowments. www.safespanllc.com

General W.K. Wilson, Jr. Bridge
Posted April 3, 2011, by Keith Marks (prophesytothewind [at] gmail [dot] com)

What is the height (vertical clearance) of this bridge? I've been over it many hundreds of times but have not been able to find that info. I am mainly interested because I want to compare the height to the Cochrane bridge in Mobile.