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    Bull Slough Bridge near Brooklyn, AL (built 1924)

    Bird Watching, Historic & Scenic Bridges | Brooklyn in Conecuh County  

    Bull Slough Bridge lies across the beautiful Sepulga River in the southeast corner of Conecuh County.  This bridge, built in 1924, is 252-feet long and has a pony truss design.  It is a part of the Sepulga River Canoe Trail. At one end of the bridge is …

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    Edmund Pettus Bridge at Selma, AL

    Black Heritage, Historic & Scenic Bridges | Selma in Dallas County  

    The Edmund Pettus Bridge spans over the Alabama River at downtown Selma, AL. It is a steel through-arch bridge that was designed by Henson K. Stephenson and erected in 1939. The bridge was named for Edmund Winston Pettus, a former Confederate Brigadier …

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    Jim Folsom Bridge at Coffeeville, AL

    Historic & Scenic Bridges | Coffeeville in Clarke County  

    This is a steel through arch style bridge that’s across the Tombigbee River on US 84 at Coffeeville. The bridge was completed in 1958 and is named for former Alabama Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. Photographs courtesy of RuralSWAlabama.

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    Kenan’s Mill near Selma, AL (built early 1860s & continuously operated over 100 years)

    Bird Watching, Historic & Scenic Bridges, Museums & Rural Art | Valley Grande in Dallas County  

    Kenan’s Mill is a living-history museum. The main feature is Kenan’s grist mill which was built in the early 1860s and continuously owned and operated by the Kenan family for over 100 years. Also located at the mill site is a mill house and early 20th …

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    The Old Naheola Bridge on the Tombigbee near Pennington, AL

    Historic & Scenic Bridges, Lost | Pennington in Choctaw County  

    Until its closure to automobile traffic in 2001, the Naheola Bridge was one of only a few bridges in the world that accommodated rail, auto, and river traffic. The bridge has a vertical lift span that is raised to allow barge traffic on the Tombigbee R …

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    THE ROOSTER BRIDGE Historical Marker at the US Hwy 80/Tombigbee River Bridge

    Historic & Scenic Bridges, Historic Markers & Memorials, Lost | Coatopa in Marengo, Sumter County  

    Rooster Bridge (built “to bridge the ‘Bigbee with cocks”) The old Rooster Bridge was located across the Tombigbee River approximately 11 miles southwest of Demopolis, AL. It opened for traffic in 1925 to serve traffic on the Dixie Overland Highway, now …

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Welcome to rural southwest Alabama. This website is dedicated to twelve counties located in rural southwest Alabama which includes a large portion of Alabama's Black Belt area. This region is known for its rich and diverse heritage, historic homes and churches, and natural beauty. This website contains details about historic and interesting places that you will find in this area of Alabama.

PLEASE NOTE THAT MOST OF THE HOMES INCLUDED ARE PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ARE DRIVE BY ONLY.

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