Status: Closed to all traffic
Location: 34.287627,-87.959976
Carries Gravel road over Bull Mountain Creek
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 101.1 Feet
Span Length: 101.1 Feet
Overview: Pony truss bridge over Bull Mountain Creek on a gravel road
History: Built ca. 1935
Built: ca. 1935
Location: Marion County
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Status: Closed to all traffic
Location: 34.183333,-87.883333
Carries Gravel road over North Fork Creek
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 86.0 Feet
Span Length: 42.0 Feet
Overview: Pony truss bridge over North Fork Creek on a gravel road in Hamilton
History: Built ca. 1930
Built: ca. 1930
Location: Marion County
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Status: Closed to all traffic
Location: 34.266952,-87.702299
Carries Old alignment of AL 5 (AL 13) over Bear Creek
Design: arch/deck/open
Design Details: Open-spandrel arch
Total Length: 348.1 Feet
Span Length: 119.1 Feet
Overview: Open-spandrel arch bridge over Bear Creek on an old alignment of AL 5 (AL 13)
History: Built 1927; Bypassed by new bridge in 1998
Built: 1927
Location: Marion County
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203082
Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2011
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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There is a rather impressive swallow colony nesting under the new bridge (at top of picture)
Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Old AL 5 A
Photo taken by Johnny C Barrett in August 2015
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Old AL 5 B&W
Photo taken by Johnny C Barrett in August 2015
Status: Closed to all traffic
Location: 33.932513,-87.661754
Carries an abandoned alignment of US 78 over Gulf Branch
Design: arch/deck/open
Design Details: Open-spandrel arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Open-spandrel arch bridge over Gulf Branch on an abandoned alignment of US 78
History:
Built:
Location: Marion County
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203570
Everything is Not as it Seems
One would never know that this is an arch bridge unless one takes a peek underneath the bridge.
Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Overview
Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Replacement culvert
Must have required an enormous amount of dirt to fill the roadbed for the new alignment, as it's a LONG way down from the bridge.
Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Old US 78 A
Photo taken by Johnny C Barrett in August 2015
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Old US 78 B
Photo taken by Johnny C Barrett in August 2015
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Old US 78 C
Photo taken by Johnny C Barrett in August 2015
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 33.931983,-87.808412
Carries Apple Ave (formerly US 78) over East Fork Luxapalilla River
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Tee beam
Total Length: 198.2 Feet
Span Length: 39.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete stringer bridge over East Fork Luxapalilla River on Apple Ave (formerly US 78)
History: Built 1937, rehab 1955
Built: 1937
Location: Marion County
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203593
Photo taken by James McCray
203594
Photo taken by James McCray
203595
Photo taken by James McCray
203596
Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
203601
Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by James McCray
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 33.962309,-87.929721
Carries Al 142 over Purgatory Creek & BNSF Railway
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 230.0 Feet
Span Length: 57.1 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Purgatory Creek & BNSF Railway on Al 142
History: Built 1926
Built: 1926
Location: Marion County
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South end
Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
Status: Demolished in 1996
Location: 34.257569,-87.762911
Carries over Brushy Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Ten 75-foot deck plate girder spans, 9 towers with 40 foot deck plate girder span, and two 60 ft deck plate girder approaches
Total Length: 1230.0 Feet
Span Length: 75.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Brushy Creek
History: Built in 1907 for the Illinois Central Railway; purchased by Norfolk Southern in 1988; route abandoned 1992; demolished 1996
Built: 1907
Location: Marion County
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Trestle 1
Under construction, 1907
Google Books
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Trestle 2
Massive scale of bridge, ca.1907-1908
Google Books
253063
Rrg2
Trestle complete
Google Books
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Diagram
Bridge layout
Google Books
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Diagram 2
More diagrams
Google Books
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Demolition
Demolition of the trestle, 1996
Times Daily, Oct. 1996
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Date Nail 1
Date nail in cross tie
Courtesy of Bernie Feltman
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Date Nail 2
Close up of date nail in cross tie
Courtesy of Bernie Feltman
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Feb 20 1983
Looking out over the deck of the viaduct
Courtesy of Bernie Feltman
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Feb 20 1983 2
Given permission to share these photos here, courtesy of Bernie Feltman (pers. com.) - a rare nearly full view of a good portion of the bridge
Courtesy of Bernie Feltman
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72
Aerial photograph from 1972
From an aerial photography archive
Status: Abandoned but still extant
Abandoned on old alignment of Old Hackleburg Road over former IC railbed
Location: 34.268049,-87.817983
Carries County Road 12 (Old Hackleburg Road) over Illinois Central Railroad
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 87.9 Feet
Span Length: 20.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned timber stringer bridge over Illinois Central Railroad on County Road 12
History: Built 1930, abandoned 1990s
Built: 1930
Location: Marion County
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West side of bridge
From northwest. Kudzu seems to have reclaimed the bridge. Abandoned Illinois Central railbed runs under the bridge.
Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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Deck
Rather derelict. Will be impossible to walk across again once kudzu comes into leaf this summer.
Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
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East side
From southeast.
Photo taken by Zachary S in May 2014
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 33.929203,-87.843506
Carries BNSF over Luxapallila Creek
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over Luxapallila Creek on BNSF
History:
Built:
Location: Marion County
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Status: Derelict/abandoned
Location: 33.931552,-87.641093
Carries an abandoned alignment of US 78/AL 118 over Mallards Creek
Design: arch/deck/open
Design Details: Open-spandrel arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned bridge over Mallards Creek on abandoned alignment of US 78/AL 118
History:
Built:
Location: Marion County
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Old US 78/AL 118 Bridge
photo moved from Comments section
Photo taken by Adam Key in February 2021
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Old US 78/AL 118 Bridge
photo moved from Comments section
Photo taken by Adam Key in February 2021
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Old US 78/AL 118 Bridge
photo moved from Comments section
Photo taken by Adam Key in February 2021
Status: Abandoned; bypass road has new bridge built c. 2002
Location: 34.274881,-87.980494
Carries Sullins Rd over Bull Mountain Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 101.1 Feet
Span Length: 101.1 Feet
Overview: Riveted Pratt through truss bridge over Bull Mountain Creek on Sullins Rd
History: Built c. 1900, rehabilitated 1935, abandoned c. 2002
Built: c. 1900
Location: Marion County
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Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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South (west) approach road
Needless to say, no driving down this road
Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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Not only are trees fallen over the south (west) side of the bridge, metal bars have actually been welded onto the entrance to prevent traffic
Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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Southeast endpost
Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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Wood deck mostly gone; I would've gladly wandered out onto the floor beams and stringers but there was rather persistent sleet and snow falling that made the footing very difficult... and it's a loooong way down
Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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Southwest endpost
Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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South portal, trees and deep gullies blocking easy access
Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
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It's kind of hard to imagine this actually being an actual county road only a few years ago, what with the very steep and sharply-aligned gravel road the bridge is on and the deep bluffs all around
Photo taken by Zachary S in January 2015
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 34.267355,-87.702008
Carries NS RR over Bear Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Bear Creek on NS RR
History:
Built:
Location: Marion County
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Status: Abandoned
Location: 34.123785,-87.840245
Carries abandoned road over Buttahatchee River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned through truss bridge over Buttahatchee River
History:
Built: 1910
Location: Marion County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 34.267213,-87.702137
Carries Southern RR over Bear Creek
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Bear Creek on Southern RR
History: Replaced by a new plate girder bridge
Built: 1898
Location: Marion County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 34.142881,-87.871022
Carries Tidwell Road over Camp Creek
Design: unknown
Design Details: Small wood decked bridge
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Bridge over Camp Creek on Tidwell Road
History:
Built:
Location: Marion County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 33.931544,-87.808490
Carries US 78 over Luxapilla River (East ZFork)
Design: beam/tee
Design Details:
Total Length: 102.0 Feet
Span Length: 34.1 Feet
Overview: Concrete Tee Beam Bridge
History: Built 1936; reconstructed 1955
Built: 1936
Location: Marion County
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Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
