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Bibb Graves Bridge Overview

The Coosa River Bridge in Wetumpka, AL is known as the Bibb Graves Bridge. The bridge is a beautiful five span Rainbow Arch bridge. An interesting fact about this bridge is that several scenes of the movie "Big Fish" were filmed here.

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Bridge from the Western Side

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Bridge from the North

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Closeup of an Arch Span

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Underneath the Bridge

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View of the Arches from the Eastern Side

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Deck View

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Historic Plaque

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Reverse Side of Historic Plaque

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Map

Vicinity map

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Facts

Overview: Rainbow arch bridge over Coosa River on AL 111 in Wetumpka
Location: Elmore County, Alabama
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1931
Design: Concrete through arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 787.1 ft.
Deck width: 26.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +32.53333, -86.20000 (decimal degrees)
32°31'60" N, 86°12'00" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: AL 928 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 10111 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 42.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 8,380

Update Log

January 29, 2008: New photos from James McCray

Sources

James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com

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