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C.C. Clay Bridge (NB)
Photos
The replacement slab
The historic truss is gone, replaced by the flat slab. The old bridge was a constant source of complaints for being too narrow and too dangerous. It carried the northbound traffic of US 231.
A near-twin was built next to the original, that is extant and carries the southbound lanes of US 231/AL 53. Photos of that bridge follow.
The replacement was built between the historic truss bridges and currently carries the northbound lanes.
Photo taken by J.R. Manning in November 2007
BH Photo #109695
Videos
Bridge-Demolition A section of the Clement C. Clay Bridge crossing the Tennessee River at Huntsville, AL is blown and dropped into the river on August 31, 2006 about 10:30 am. If I can get there next Thursday, I will get a video of another section being demo'ed. UPDATE: The video is now available... Bridge Demolition, Part 2 | |
Bridge Demolition, Part 2 Another section of the Clay Bridge is brought down on 9-7-06... Be sure to see Part 1, also... |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Tennessee River on US 231/AL 53 in Huntsville
- Location
- Huntsville, Morgan County, Alabama, and Madison County, Alabama
- Status
- Demolished and replaced
- History
- Built 1931; Replaced 2006
- Design
- Cantilevered Warren through truss
4 Warren through truss spans - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 288.1 ft.
Total length: 1,852.1 ft.
Deck width: 19.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.2 ft.
- Also called
- Tennessee River Bridge
Whitesburg Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.57659, -86.56597 (decimal degrees)
34°34'36" N, 86°33'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/539809/3826175 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Farley
- Inventory numbers
- AL 916 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 10177 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 18, 2012: New video from Ben Tate
- June 23, 2012: Updated by Ben Tate: created separate page for extant 1965 southbound bridge
- July 18, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Updated Status: Replaced 2006
- January 15, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning
- January 26, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Flickr
- Wikipedia
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Well, I guess that Mr. Manning got to the bridge before I did. Oh well! Here are the pictures that I took of the bridge. I also remember crossing the old (northbound 231) bridge. It was torn down in 2006 I think. I got good pictures of the remaining truss (southbound 231) bridge because I ran up to the approach to the bridge and took the pictures when there was a break in the traffic. I do not advise anyone to do what I did, however!
Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.