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TITLE:
Keller Memorial Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River at U.S. Highway 31, Decatur, Morgan County, AL
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ALA,52-DECA,3-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 10 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HAER AL-139
Part of building/structure is in Mooresville vicinity, Limestone County, AL.
Significance: The Keller Bridge is the most elaborate of all Alabama's concrete bridges. It is one of only two bascule bridges in the state, and the only remaining one on the Tennessee River. It is named for the state's first Highway Commissioner who served between 1911 and 1925, and who was half-brother of Helen Keller. The bridge is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
SUBJECTS:
ALABAMA--Morgan County--Decatur
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.al1227
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW TO THE SOUTHEAST. SPANDREL ARCHES OF THE KELLER BRIDGE ARE SEEN ON THE LEFT; THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER RISES ABOVE THE KELLER AND OBSCURES ITS ARCHES.
2. LOOKING TO THE SOUTHEAST, THE LEAVES OF THE BASCULE ARE RAISED.
3. SPANDREL ARCHES SUPPORT THE ROADBED. VIEW TO THE SOUTHEAST.
4. VIEW TO THE SOUTHWEST. FRETWORK RAILINGS ON THE DECK REFLECT THE DECORATIVE AND UTILITARIAN ASPECTS OF THE ARCHITECTURE.
5. VIEW TO THE WEST. DETAIL OF FRETWORK AND SPANDREL ARCH.
6. VIEW TO THE NORTHEAST. TWO-LANE ROADWAY WITH OPEN MEDIAN.
7. VIEW TO THE NORTHWEST. DISUSED, MOULDED CONCRETE POST. RAILROAD BRIDGE IN THE DISTANCE.
8. VIEW TO THE SOUTHEAST. MEMORIAL WITH BRONZE PLAQUE IN HONOR OF KELLER, MARKS THE CENTER OF THE BRIDGE.
CONTROL #:
AL1227
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