Ross Creek Bridge is a former railway bridge, now used as a pedestrian walkway in Ross Bridge Park, Hoover,

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, United States. The text of the sign posted nearby by the Hoover Historical SocietyHoover Historical Society reads as follows:

In 1858 James Taylor Ross, a Scotchman migrated to the South, acquired land and homesteaded in what is now Shades Valley. He provided land for the construction of a Confederate railway, including a bridge spanning Ross Creek. After the Ross family moved westward, his property was purchased in 1907 by TCI, a predecessor of U.S. Steel. In 2002,
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, Daniel Corp. and the
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combined to develop the community of Ross Bridge.

References

https://www.rossbridge.com/history-ross-bridge/

External links

Hoover Historical Society

Marker Points Out History of Ross Bridge and Creek

Bridge Hunter Article with additional photographs
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