Garden City Old US 31 Bridge
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Overview This bridge consists of a Parker Truss (South Span) and a Pratt Truss (North Span). Fortunately, this bridge is in the works to be reused as a pedestrian bridge in a park/walking trail. Photo taken by James McCray |
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Northern Portal Photo taken by James McCray |
Facts
- Overview
- Parker through truss bridge over Mulberry Fork Black Warrior River on Old US 31 in Garden City
- Status
- Bridge is technically abandoned, but it is soon going to be officially a part of a walking trail and park.
- History
- Bridge made obselete by the new US 31 bridge in 1960
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Also called
- Old US 31 Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.99772, -86.74911 (decimal degrees)
33°59'52" N, 86°44'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/523169/3761931 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Blount Springs
- Inventory number
- BH 36565 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 13, 2008: Updated by James McCray: "Updated gps coordinates", "Updated number of spans"
- April 30, 2008: Added by James McCray