Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma

Name: Edmund Pettus Bridge
Address: US Highway 80, Selma, United States
Telephone: +1 334-418-0800

#4 among attractions in Selma

Top attraction, Historical place, National park, Bridge

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The Edmund Pettus Bridge carries U.S. Route 80 Business across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama. Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. senator, and state-level leader of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. The bridge is a steel through arch bridge with a central span of 250 feet. Nine large concrete arches support the bridge and roadway on the east side. ()

Alternative names: Length: 1248 ftWidth: 42 ftElevation: 89 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 32°24'17"N, 87°1'6"W

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US Highway 80Selma United States

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+1 334-418-0800

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Edmund Pettus Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, Sturdivant Hall, National Voting Rights Museum, Old Live Oak Cemetery.

0.5 miW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, Selma
12 min walk • The Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, also known by a variety of other names throughout its history, is a historic Greek Revival building in Selma, Alabama. Completed in 1847, it has served many functions in the more than 160 years of its existence.
0.8 miNW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Sturdivant Hall, Selma
22 min walk • Sturdivant Hall, also known as the Watts-Parkman-Gillman Home, is a historic Greek Revival mansion and house museum in Selma, Alabama, United States. Completed in 1856, it was designed by Thomas Helm Lee for Colonel Edward T. Watts.
~850 ftS
Museum, History museum
National Voting Rights Museum, Selma
5 min walk • The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, established in 1991 and opened in 1993, is an American museum in Selma, Alabama, which honors, chronicles, collects, archives, and displays the artifacts and testimony of the activists who participated in the events leading up to...
0.9 miW
Cemetery
Old Live Oak Cemetery, Selma
24 min walk • Old Live Oak Cemetery is an historic cemetery in Selma, Alabama that was founded in 1829 and expanded in 1877. The newer portion is sometimes called New Live Oak Cemetery and the cemetery is collectively known as Live Oak Cemetery.
~1850 ftNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma
9 min walk • St. Paul's Episcopal Church is an historic red brick Gothic Revival church located at 210 Lauderdale Street in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States.
0.7 miN
Church
First Baptist Church, Selma
17 min walk • First Baptist Church is a historic church at 709 Martin Luther King, Jr. Street in Selma, Alabama. A historically African American Baptist church, it was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1894 and known for its association with the Civil Rights Movement.
0.5 miN
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, Selma
14 min walk • Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church at 410 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Selma, Alabama, United States.
~1970 ftNE
32°24'31"N • 87°0'50"W
Old Depot Museum, Selma
10 min walk • Museum, History museum
~1370 ftNE
32°24'28"N • 87°0'57"W
Ancient Africa Enslavement & Civil War Museum, Selma
7 min walk • Museum
0.6 miNW
Neighbourhood
Old Town Historic District, Selma
15 min walk • The Old Town Historic District is a 323-acre historic district in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. It is bounded by U.S. Route 80, Broad and Franklin streets, and Dallas and Selma avenues. The boundaries were increased on December 15, 2003.
0.7 miN
Greek Revival architecture
Wesley Plattenburg House, Selma
18 min walk • The 'Wesley Plattenburg House is a historic house in Selma, Alabama. Featuring a unique combination of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles, it was completed in 1842 for Wesley Plattenburg.

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Nearby attractions include National Voting Rights Museum, Selma (5 min walk), Summerfield District, Selma (5 min walk), Water Avenue Historic District, Selma (5 min walk), Ancient Africa Enslavement & Civil War Museum, Selma (7 min walk).