New train overpass opens near University of Alabama campus
Staff report
The Second Avenue train overpass connecting 15th Street with Paul W. Bryant Drive near the University of Alabama campus is now open.
On Tuesday, UA officials held a photo opportunity for local media to showcase the new overpass, which was scheduled to open to the public at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The overpass features a 10-foot-wide bike/walking path, 4-foot-wide protective space with a concrete barrier and plenty of lighting.
According to UA, more than 70,000 vehicles cross the train tracks running along the south edge of campus every day. UA officials say the new three-lane overpass will help traffic flow to and from campus, as well as improve emergency response times by providing an alternate access route to nearby DCH Regional Medical Center, the city s largest hospital.
Second Avenue train overpass bridge to open Aug. 4
Anyone who has been caught at a freight train crossing mid-Tuscaloosa knows routes around, to avoid sitting behind the wheel, beating time to clacking wheels, reading boxcar graffiti and counting just how many carriages one locomotive can pull.
And every frustrated driver, deciding to wait it out rather than bob-and-weave away from the parallel Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern railroad crossings, knows there aren t enough alternatives.
Early morning Aug. 4, road relief comes with the opening of a 10-year-in-the-making bridge from the University of Alabama campus, at the north end between Sewell-Thomas Stadium and the UA School of Law, and feeding on the south at 14th Street, a block off the major artery of 15th.
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