Paul Bryant Bridge
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The Paul Bryant Bridge is the four-lane, 150 feet (45.7 m) tall, $28 million bridge spanning the Black Warrior River
along Alabama State Route 297
in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
. Construction of the 3785 feet (1,153.7 m) long, twin-span bridge commenced in March 2000. Originally slated to open in December 2003, construction delays resulted in its opening on April 23, 2004.
Serving as the fourth crossing of the Black Warrior River
, this was the first phase of the larger Warrior Loop project slated for completion by 2012. Constructed by the R.R. Dawson Bridge Company, during the course of its construction, two workers died while on the job in October 2001 and again in April 2003.
In January 2003, then Governor Don Siegleman ordered state transportation director Paul Bowlin to name the bridge in honor of long-time University of Alabama
head football coach Paul Bryant
.
Black Warrior River
The Black Warrior River is a waterway in west central Alabama in the southeastern United States. The river rises in the extreme southern edges of the Appalachian Highlands and flows 178 miles to the Tombigbee River, of which the Black Warrior is the primary tributary...
along Alabama State Route 297
Alabama State Route 297
The Warrior Loop or the Tuscaloosa Eastern Bypass is a proposed four-lane, , $250 million bypass of the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama to be completed by 2012. Its route would begin at Interstates 20/59 in Cottondale and terminate at U.S. Highway 82 just to the west of Northport...
in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama . Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the fifth-largest city in Alabama, with a population of 90,468 in 2010...
. Construction of the 3785 feet (1,153.7 m) long, twin-span bridge commenced in March 2000. Originally slated to open in December 2003, construction delays resulted in its opening on April 23, 2004.
Serving as the fourth crossing of the Black Warrior River
Black Warrior River
The Black Warrior River is a waterway in west central Alabama in the southeastern United States. The river rises in the extreme southern edges of the Appalachian Highlands and flows 178 miles to the Tombigbee River, of which the Black Warrior is the primary tributary...
, this was the first phase of the larger Warrior Loop project slated for completion by 2012. Constructed by the R.R. Dawson Bridge Company, during the course of its construction, two workers died while on the job in October 2001 and again in April 2003.
In January 2003, then Governor Don Siegleman ordered state transportation director Paul Bowlin to name the bridge in honor of long-time University of Alabama
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
head football coach Paul Bryant
Paul Bryant
Paul Bryant may refer to:* Bear Bryant , American football coach* Paul Bryant , , British disc jockey* Cubby Bryant , American radio personality...
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