King Bowstring Bridge

King Bowstring Bridge is a bridge in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. King Bowstring Bridge is situated nearby to the motorhome stopover Van De Graaff Campground, as well as near the marketplace Northport Farmers Market.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tuscaloosa Municipal Airport and First African Baptist Church.

Tuscaloosa Municipal Airport

Aerodrome

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Tuscaloosa National Airport is 3.5 miles northwest of Tuscaloosa, in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The airport is owned and operated by the City of Tuscaloosa.

First African Baptist Church

Church

Photo: Gregr, CC BY-SA 3.0.

First African Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA. It was built in 1907 from a congregation established in 1866, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. First African Baptist Church is situated 2 miles southeast of King Bowstring Bridge.

Battle–Friedman House

Building

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The Battle–Friedman House is an antebellum town home located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The house was built in 1835 by Alfred Battle and his wife, Millicent Battle with the house's ground including the only remaining documented antebellum garden in the state. Battle–Friedman House is situated 2 miles southeast of King Bowstring Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northport and Tuscaloosa.

Northport

Town

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Northport is a city in Tuscaloosa County in the west central part of the State of Alabama. Located on the Black Warrior River across from downtown Tuscaloosa, it is currently the 17th most populous city in Alabama with a population of 31,125 in the 2020 census.

Tuscaloosa

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Tuscaloosa is a city of over 100,000 people in Metropolitan Alabama and home of the University of Alabama.

Alberta City

Hamlet

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Alberta City is the name of a suburban area of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Alberta City is located in the northeastern portion of Tuscaloosa and is generally defined as encompassing the portions of the city east of U.S. Route 82, west of Holt, south of the Black Warrior River and north of Veterans Memorial Parkway. Alberta City is situated 5 miles east of King Bowstring Bridge.

King Bowstring Bridge

Type: Bridge
Inscription: “It is one of four spans that crossed the Black Warrior River from 1882 – 1896.”
Categories: historic site and transportation
Location: Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.22275° or 33° 13′ 22″ north

Longitude

-87.59859° or 87° 35′ 55″ west

Open location code

865J6CF2+4H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 513584294

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

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