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Gordon Persons Bridge
Gordon Persons Bridge 06May2010 01.JPG
View of the bridge from SR-193.
Coordinates 30°17′32″N 88°07′48″W / 30.2921°N 88.1300°W / 30.2921; -88.1300
Carries 2 lanes of SR 193
Crosses Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Locale Dauphin Island, Alabama
Other name(s) Dauphin Island Bridge
Characteristics
Total length 17,814 feet (5,430 m)
Longest span 400 feet (122 m)
Clearance below 83 feet (25 m)
History
Opened 1982
Dauphin Island Bridge
On the way to Dauphin Island crossing the Dauphin Island Bridge.

The Dauphin Island Bridge, formally the Gordon Persons Bridge, carries a 3-mile (4.8 km), two-lane section of Alabama State Route 193 from mainland Mobile County, Alabama across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to Dauphin Island. The natural channel followed by the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at this location is Pass Aux Herons. The bridge separates the Mississippi Sound on the west from Mobile Bay on the east. It was named in honor of Seth Gordon Persons, the 46th governor of Alabama.

History

The original bridge opened on July 2, 1955. It was destroyed by Hurricane Frederic in 1979 and was replaced by a fixed precast concrete segmental bridge in 1982. The central main span was the first use of a 400-foot (122 m) span on a precast concrete segmental bridge.

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