Rating:
45604
{53}%
6 votes
General W.K. Wilson, Jr. Bridge
Photos
West Approach
Photo taken by Nathan Morton in July 2010
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BH Photo #169437
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
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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 2014)
- 13,670
- Inventory numbers
- AL 12321 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 45604 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of May 2016)
- 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: 80.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- 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
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