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Old Easley or Rosa, Blount County

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Inventory Number: AL/01-05-12
County: Blount County
Township: Oneonta
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Old Easley or Rosa
Crosses: Dub Branch, Calvert Prong
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 82'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1927
Builder: Zelma C. & Forrest Tidwell
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N33 58.265
Longitude: W086 31.106
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Directions: 3.4 miles northwest of jct AL75 on US231/AL53, then 1.2 miles left on Pine Grove Rd. and just right 50' on Old Easley Rd. Northwest of Oneonta.

Old Easley or Rosa Bridge, Oneonta, Blount County, AL Built 1927
Jim Smedley Photo, March 2013

Old Easley or Rosa Bridge, Oneonta, Blount County, AL Built 1927
Bill Caswell Photo, July 14, 2009

Old Easley or Rosa Bridge, Oneonta, Blount County, AL Built 1927
Jan Shultz Photo, August 1982

Comments:
The 1936 Alabama DOT covered bridge inventory lists the length as 96'. The Easley Covered Bridge was built in 1927. The 95-foot long bridge was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on March 3, 1976. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 1981. It is currently the oldest and shortest of three historic covered bridges still existing in Blount County. It was built by a crew led by Zelmer C. Tidwell and his uncle Forrest Tidwell. After a routine inspection, the Easley Covered Bridge was closed in 2009 due to unsafe conditions along with nearby Swann Covered Bridge. Following necessary repairs and upgrades, it was reopened to motor vehicle traffic on October 22, 2012.

Source:
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 1

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