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Tallahatchee (relocated), Calhoun County

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Inventory Number: AL/01-08-03x
County: Calhoun County
Township:
Town/Village: Piedmont
Bridge Name: Tallahatchee (relocated)
Crosses:
Truss type:
Spans: 1
Length: 61'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1908 (M1975)
Builder:
When Lost: Unknown
Cause:
Latitude: N33 53.681
Longitude: W085 37.175
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Comments: Moved from Wellington to Piedmont in 1975.

Tallahatchee Bridge (original location), Alexandria, Calhoun County, AL Built 1908, Moved 1975
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
Moved to Piedmont in 1975. This bridge originally had 5 uncovered spans of 13', 2 @ 12', 11' and 7'. The truss showed addition of a series of center-leaning timbers in addition to the lattice truss. The data was taken from a 1948 Alabama DOT inventory.

Sources:
Lane, Oscar F.. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 1972, page 1
List of Alabama Covered Bridges compiled in July 1953 by Richard Sanders Allen, NSPCB Archives

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