A few weeks ago, a story featured the history of the Jackson railroad bridge. This week, Jackson’s highway bridge is detailed. Large rivers and streams were complications for pioneers to cross in the 1800s. There were few if any bridges and none in rural areas. Settlers had to put together rafts or find shallow places to ford. The latter was likely impossible with the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers. As settlements grew, ferries did, too. Communities often grew up around ferry crossings. In Jackson there were two on the Tombigbee River, the Lower Ferry, located just above the current railroad bridge...

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