1927+1991 Cochrane Bridges over Mobile River in Mobile, AL

1927: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges)

1991: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

Street View, Jun 2011

Mobile Bay Magazine via BridgeHunter (The source link now returns a 404.)

Looking West towards Mobile, AL.

Street View, May 2024

Alabama Department of Archives & History via BridgeHunter

This must be the other end of the old bridge.

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The 7,291' (2222m) long bridge has approaches over a half mile on both sides. The 350' (107m) high towers rest on "steel pilings extending 160 feet [49m] below sea level" and provide a deck height of 140' (43m). The lift bridge used to cause 14,000 delays annually. A ferry service was used between 1984 when the old bridge was deemed unsafe and 1991 when the new bridge opened.

Alabama Memories posted

The Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge spanning the Mobile River from the mainland to Blakeley Island in Mobile

Photo courtesy of Alabama Department of Transportation