Comments on: Highway 168 Bridge Near Bratt Closed After Failed Inspection

By: Nothing is free

Nothing is free — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 12:08:27 +0000

These bridges on numbered county roads were constructed by the old State Road Department before the turnover to the counties when FDOT was formed (late 60’s or early 70’s).

They are narrow and worn out roads and are way past functional deficiency for modern travel, and now the have reached structural deficiency.

A lot of money will be needed to upgrade.

But, it’s a free state, right? Yet, nothing seems free. Hmmm.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 00:08:49 +0000

REGARDING:
“how do we folks on Pine Barren Rd by the school get from here to Flomaton & Century & Flomaton from here???”

Go south on Pine Barren Road to Bratt Road, east on Bratt Road to county road 4, east to Century, North on US 29 for Flomaton.

Or you can go south all the way to 164, left/east on 164 to US 29, Left/north on US 29/ North Century BLVD to Century and Flomaton.

Or you can go north on Pine Barren Road with a number of twists and turns to US 31, right/east on US 31 to Flomaton, right on US 29/113 to go into Century.

Or go to 99 in Bratt, North on 99 up to US 31, right/east on 31 to Flomaton, right on 29/113 to Century.

None is as good as what you have lost for now.

By: Rasheed Jackson

Rasheed Jackson — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 12:15:46 +0000

How often are these bridges, or any bridges, being inspected, and why does it take so long to build a new bridge? More than a year to build a bridge across a creek is ridiculous. After hurricane Ivan the interstate bridge over escanbia Bay was repaired in a little over 2 months. The new bridge project took 32 months. That is 12 lanes spanning over 13,000 feet. So tell me, why does it takes more than a year to build a bridge over a creek?

By: Kelly Rogers

Kelly Rogers — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 03:43:26 +0000

That has been that way for a good minute!! Why did our county employees not see this and already have repairs in place!

By: Mammy G

Mammy G — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 22:56:41 +0000

So how do we folks on Pine Barren Rd by the school get from here to Flomaton & Century & Flomaton from here???

By: Oversight

Oversight — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:12:31 +0000

This bridge along with many others are an accident waiting to happen. These side road bridges have experienced an ever increasing traffic flow because of the elongated down time for the hwy 4 bridge replacement. Even though, inspections are ongoing, at a snails pace, they are doing them.

By: CW

CW — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:08:32 +0000

I can’t imagine how bad some of them are on the Alabama side.

By: Elijah Bell

Elijah Bell — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 11:33:48 +0000

In my opinion this is a great failure on the part of inspectors in the road and bridges in the county and state. This didn’t just happen. The question now is how dangerous are some of the older bridges in the area? Hopefully this is a wake up call to protect the tax paying public.