Hugh R. Thomas Bridge
Hugh R. Thomas Bridge carries a footpath over the Black Warrior River.
The Black Warrior River was built by Charles Yates and opened on 17 September 1888. In his autobiography Henry Edwards writes of his experiences as a lengthsman in the 1960s
There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.
| Interstate 20/59 Twin Bridges | 19.37 miles | |
| Foster Ferry Bridge | 18.37 miles | |
| Joe Mallisham Parkway | 6.60 miles | |
| William Bacon Oliver Lock | 2.44 miles | |
| KCS Railroad Bridge | 0.35 miles | |
| Hugh R. Thomas Bridge | ||
| Woolsey Finnell Bridge | 4.97 miles | |
| Paul Bryant Bridge | 8.99 miles | |
| Holt Lock (Holt) | 15.60 miles | |
| John Hollis Bankhead Lock | 45.31 miles | |
| Franklin Ferry Bridge | 62.41 miles | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Hugh R. Thomas Bridge
The Hugh Rowe Thomas Bridge is a six-lane, girder bridge spanning the Black Warrior River along U.S. Route 43 and Alabama State Route 69, connecting downtown Tuscaloosa and Northport in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, that opened in 1974. The bridge is split in Tuscaloosa to accommodate two major, one-way thoroughfares (Lurleen Wallace Boulevard North and South), before joining together heading towards Northport. It replaced a lift bridge that was built in 1922 and demolished in 1973.
As of 2008, the average daily traffic count for the bridge is approximately 68,400 vehicles. This is one of four vehicular bridges spanning the Black Warrior in Tuscaloosa. The KCS Railroad (formerly the M&O Railroad) trestle crosses the river nearby and is visible from the bridge.
The bridge was named in honor of Alabama State Representative Hugh Rowe Thomas who was killed in a car wreck in April 1967 while traveling to Montgomery for a special session. He had been elected in 1966 and was just 33 years old. Thomas was one of three children of famed University of Alabama football coach Frank Thomas and wife Frances Rowe.
