Motorists traveling Highway 5 between Thomasville and Pine Hill have gotten accustomed since the first of the year to having to detour because of the new Moccasin Creek bridge being built in Pine Hill. Most locals use the Wilcox County road from Sunny South to Pine Hill but the “official” detour is via Highway 25 and Highway 10. The bridge work should have been completed by now and Highway 5 reopened but word from Alabama Department of Transportation Assistant Construction Engineer Jake Bailey is that the work likely won’t be done until mid-July. The now commonplace excuse of not being...

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