The tease in the Friday OA News was about Opelika opening a new bridge. It had a small picture of a giant steel bridge going over a large river. If you’re from around here, you knew that was really going to be a bridge over some railroad tracks. The bigger news was an expanded easy access to the hospital area, which already has constructiuon in progress. The new road is Dunlop, just a quarter of a mile down (north on) Waverly Parkway from Priester, where the old bridge was located. Read the OA News Story Here! | Here’s the City of Opelika Official Release
Just over this new bridge is a left turn to the Hospital. Continue on Dunlop and you find yourself at Highway 280 at the back of the shopping center on Pepperell Parkway.
Picture above is standing on the old Priester Bridge, looking NW toward new bridge.
The road is closed at the old bridge.
This shot from the old bridge looking down a hill, that used to be the road up to the bridge.
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on July 25, 2005. View the original page.
