Thread: Lea Callaway Bridge

How is the construction going on the Lea Callaway Bridge over the little lagoon pass? One of my fishing holes when at the beach

Little Lagoon Pass park closed as $12M bridge replacement project begins in Gulf Shores | AL.com

Little Lagoon Pass park closed as $12M bridge replacement project begins in Gulf Shores

By Marc D. Anderson | manderson@al.com
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on December 19, 2013 at 2:34 PM, updated December 19, 2013 at 2:47 PM

GULF SHORES, Alabama -- Along-awaited project to replace the Lee Callaway Bridge over Little Lagoon Pass and improve the inlet is ramping up and the city has temporarily closed the public beach access near the span.
“The Lagoon Pass Bridge construction is under way, relocating utilities, and very quickly they’ll start working on the bridge itself,” Grant Brown, the city’s director of recreation and cultural affairs, told the council this week. “And, as such, ALDOT contractors have moved in and started to actually mobilize and because of their impact to Lagoon Pass in the park area we will be closing Lagoon Pass park ... at least through the month of January.”
View full sizeHeavy construction equipment is being mobilized at Little Lagoon Pass park by Opelika-based Scott Bridge Company for a ALDOT project to replace the existing bridge in Gulf Shores, Ala. The site is shown on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. (Marc D. Anderson/manderson@al.com)The $12 million project on Ala. 182/West Beach Boulevard will entail the construction of a new two-lane bridge, which is expected to be complete by November 2014, and roughly double the width of the pass to 80 feet with the construction of a new seawall.
Opelika-based Scott Bridge Company won the low-bid contract.
Before the new bridge is constructed a temporary bridge will be erected next to the existing span on its north side.
Don Powell, a preconstruction engineer for the Alabama Department of Transportation, has said that the temporary bridge work and the relocation of utilities will take three to six months.
View full sizeA car crosses the Lee Callaway Bridge on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, in Gulf Shores, Ala. With heavy construction equipment being mobilized at the Little Lagoon Pass for an ALDOT project to replace the existing bridge, the beach access point has been temporarily closed. (Marc D. Anderson/manderson@al.com) The temporary span will include a pedestrian walkway and is expected to be used for nine months to a year, which includes the upcoming summer tourist season.
Brown said with heavy equipment moving into the area over the last week, the city decided to close the park over concerns about public safety and will work with state highway officials to work out an access agreement.
“We will look at the best and safest way for the public to continue to have access but if you recall it’s going to be about an 18-month project so it will be a significant impact to our community while this work continues,” Brown said.


View full sizeThis rendering from the Alabama Department of Transportation compares the existing bridge with the soon-to-be-built span. The exact designs of the new bridge may be different than this depiction, but will still "incorporate aesthetic features representative of Alabama's Gulf Coast,"€� according to ALD

Here are a few pics from today around noon.

ALDOT website on the project...
Little Lagoon Bridge

Besides the new bridge, the seawall on the gulf side is proposed to be twice as wide as the current opening...
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2x enlargement of the seawall extension...
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