Woolsey Finnell Bridge

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bridge_name= Woolsey Finnell Bridge


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locale= Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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The Woolsey Finnell Bridge is the four-lane, girder bridge spanning the Black Warrior River along U.S. 82 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that opened in 1961.cite web
url = http://www.geocities.com/alatower/Woolsey.html
title = Woolsey Finnell Bridge (U.S. 82/McFarland crossing Black Warrior River
accessdate = 2008-02-06
author = ] The bridge takes its name from the former state director of highways for Alabama, Woolsey Finnell.cite web
url = http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/10,000_famous_freemasons/Volume_2_E_to_J.htm
title = 10,000 Famous Freemasons
accessdate = 2008-02-06
author = William R. Denslow] This is one of only four vehicular bridges spanning the Black Warrior in Tuscaloosa.

Due to both the age of the structure as well as the bridge operating well above its designed capacity by the 1990s, calls for a new span across the river to alleviate some of the congestion was proposed.cite web
url = http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/trans/hpw105-6.000/hpw105-6_4.HTM
title = ISTEA Reauthorization: Member Policy Initiatives and Requests for Highway & Transit Projects in the ISTEA Reauthorization
accessdate = 2006-12-06
author = ISTEA] Both the Warrior Loop and the Paul Bryant Bridge are expected to absorb some of the 55,000 daily trips made across the bridge upon their respective completions.

ee also

* List of crossings of the Black Warrior River
* U.S. Route 82 in Alabama

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place = Black Warrior River
bridge = Woolsey Finnell Bridge
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upstream = Paul Bryant Bridge
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downstream = Hugh R. Thomas Bridge
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