Barrineau Park Road Paved Into Alabama

February 24, 2015

Escambia County has completed paving a route across the Perdido River into Alabama.

Over three years ago, Baldwin County paved 2.8 miles of Barrineau Park Road (also known as Duck Place Road) from the Perdido River to Highway 112. But the Florida side, from the river to the intersection of South Highway 99 and Highway 196 in the Barrineau Park community — remained dirt until recently.

Escambia County owns the bridge across the Perdido River into Alabama.  But the county-maintained the dirt road on the Florida side was, until 2013,  privately owned by the Barrineau Estate. It is only about four-tenths of a mile long, but the county had no right to pave it.  The heirs of William Merwin Barrineau, donated the 2.73 acres of right-of-way to Escambia County for the roadway and related drainage infrastructure.

The route is the only east-west route across the Perdido River between Muscogee Road in Cantonment and Highway 31 in Escambia County, Ala.  The road is often used by farmers and ranchers as they transport goods to market from North Escambia to Robertsdale, Ala.  It is also a shortcut route for many families to activities and shopping in Baldwin County and vice versa for Baldwin County residents traveling to Pensacola.

Pictured top: Looking from Alabama across a bridge over the Perdido River into Escambia County. Pictured below: The recently paved Barrineau Park Road in Escambia County. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

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10 Responses to “Barrineau Park Road Paved Into Alabama”

  1. EMD on February 25th, 2015 1:29 pm

    Don: I thought Duck Place was a pig trail like path that ran parallel to Hwy. 112. Someone, please tell me where 112 leads if turning left coming from the Florida side of the bridge. I could not tell on a map I pulled up.

  2. Molino child on February 25th, 2015 9:20 am

    Can we quit paving everything. They replaced the wooden bridge with a big ugly concrete on, now a pave rds! What’s next sea walls? Reserve what little of real natural beauty we have here, and quit trying to move the city out here! Ps Don’t Tube down escambia river unless you want to be gator bait, or what to contract some flesh eating bacteria! Can’t believe that guy is legally allowed to drop folks in that river with nothing more then tubes. But at least he ain’t running locals from parking at Barrinuea. Now patrol the area to keep the trash gone so our kids can to enjoy Barrinuea as we did!!

  3. 429SCJ on February 25th, 2015 4:11 am

    @Chris, nothing is over until the box goes down the hole.

    We have started using Big Escambia Creek for recreation. Great for kayaking, canoeing and tubing, small outboards and pump drives as well.

  4. Chris in Molino on February 24th, 2015 1:32 pm

    @ Common Sense : Alive but yes, paralyzed. One of several from the old wood bridge.
    @MM : Remember those days. Anything like that is over. It’s a shame. Boat ramp, no thank you. Now with Filingims Landing and the new guy renting kayaks, theres enough people on this little river. Used to not see a soul if you fished from a boat.

  5. common sense on February 24th, 2015 12:46 pm

    I remember when a pair of brothers were there on the river. The older brother dove in and broke his neck and died; the younger brother broke his back diving into the river to save his brother. he, if he still lives, is paralyzed from the waist down. My childhood memories.

  6. Audrey on February 24th, 2015 12:01 pm

    Thanks to the Barrineau Heirs and to Commissioner Barry for getting together and making this happen. Much appreciated by a local resident.

  7. Don on February 24th, 2015 10:44 am

    Love the paved road! It’s beautiful and greatly appreciate the right of way donation but I thought it was Barrineau Park Rd. all the way through to 112 and Duck Place was the 1st dirt road to the right heading back East from 112? Anybody?

  8. MM on February 24th, 2015 8:15 am

    The days of jumping off the bridge, swimming to the sand bar, watching crazy people living on the sand bar in a bus and driving trucks in the river are now but a memory.

    However, I do think a camping area / park / small boat ramp would be great.

  9. 429SCJ on February 24th, 2015 7:24 am

    Amen Carlton. Alabama 87 is a nice drive as well.

    Carlton do you remember when we were kids, the time I stepped on that piece of wire and it punctured my foot?

  10. Carlton Vaughn on February 24th, 2015 2:48 am

    SSHHHH!!! Y’all keep quiet, this is the best kept secret for a beautiful drive in the country :-)

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