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Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge

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Cochrane Bridge (in turn named for president of the Mobile, Alabama Chamber of Commerce at the time, John T. Cochrane, Sr.) that it replaced, and the historic community of
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to encourage development there. The district was included on Mobile's African American Heritage Trail in 2009. In 2012 it was added to the
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This was the first, and is still the only, cable-stayed bridge in the state of Alabama. The bridge was damaged on August 29, 2005, when
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and wedged it under the bridge. The bridge remained in service and continued to carry two lanes of traffic after the storm.
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The Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge was completed and opened in 1991. It was named in honor of the 60-year-old
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design for the bridge earned it the Outstanding Engineering Achievement in the U.S.A. Award from the
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Hurricane Katrina: Performance of Transportation Systems
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and the Award of Excellence in Highway Design from the
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Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
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Coordinates
30°44′00″N 88°02′34″W / 30.73333°N 88.04278°W / 30.73333; -88.04278
US 90
US 98 Truck
Mobile River
Mobile, Alabama
ID number
Cable-stayed bridge
Clearance below
Daily traffic
cable-stayed bridge
US 90
US 98 Truck
Mobile River
Blakeley Island
Mobile, Alabama
vertical-lift
Africatown
Africatown Historic District
National Register of Historic Places
Volkert and Associates, Inc.
National Society of Professional Engineers
Federal Highway Administration
Hurricane Katrina
semi-submersible platform
drydock
"U.S. Coast Pilot Search"
"Cochrane/Africatown USA Bridge"
"African American Heritage Trails"

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