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Barrineau Park Bridge Closed; Perdido River, Escambia River Flood Warning
April 16, 2015
Barrineau Park Road at the bridge crossing the Perdido River into Alabama is flooded due to the rising river. Escambia County has closed the road.
A flood warning has been issued for the Perdido River at Barrineau Park from Friday morning until Saturday afternoon. At 7 a.m. Thursday, the stage was 11.8 feet. Minor flooding is forecast; the flood stage is 13 feet. The river is forecast to rise above flood stage by tomorrow morning and continue to rise near 13.2 feet by early Saturday morning. The river will fall below flood stage by Saturday morning. At 13 feet, the Perdido River begins to leave it’s banks at the parking lot of Adventures Unlimited and threatens several permanently parked travel trailers.
A flood warning has been issue for the Escambia River at Century from late Friday night until further notice. At 8 a.m. Thursday, the state was 14.7 feet. Minor flooding is forecast. Flood stage is 17 feet. The Escambia River is forecast to rise above flood stage by Saturday morning and continue to rise to 18.1 feet by Sunday morning. At 17 feet, considerable flooding of lowlands will occur.
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7 Responses to “Barrineau Park Bridge Closed; Perdido River, Escambia River Flood Warning”
As of mid morning on Jan. 5 2017, there is a road closed sign covering only half of each lane at Barrineau Road at Hwy 112. I saw a large semi coming from the bridge. I then started towards the bridge. I passed a woman in a white SUV. When I got to the river, the far side was under water and part of the north side of the bridge. There were hundreds of large trees stuck by the bridge on the west side. It these trees damaged the bridge could that large truck have made it worse? When will I find out when the bridge will be reopened?
It never ceases to amaze the citizens of Escambia County, Florida and Alabama that the county engineers work hand in hand before all this construction was ever started to have designed and raised the bridge and the abutments on both sides to account for any and all flooding. This flooding would not be happening had prior planning prevailed. Our tax dollars pay for these college educated engineers ability to NOT be able to see beyond the first hair on the tip of their noses. As time goes by and flood waters come and go lets see how soon this bridge goes under. Once again the public safety is compromised for the sake of a state budget.
@ ME
You have a 120 ft bridge and River channel that won’t hold the water. A culvert here certainly wouldn’t help. This is the natural way of the river relieving itself if you will.
It expands out over the lowest areas.
Saw one slightly-higher-than-normal-suspension-package pickup make it across— @ about 1pm, and I don’t think it had crested @ that time~~~ has it yet?
Bubbles coming up from the centerline of new pavement, as far as I could see (15+yards?)— to the bridge abutment/normal riverbank, from the Escambia side.
deBugger;
Random River ReCon
Wow wonder how that will look especially the creeks.
I wonder why they didn’t raise the road up and put culverts under it on the newly paved FL side? Seems that it would have held up much better that way.
It will be interesting to see how the newly surfaced roadbed will hold up.
Hopefully it will fare well in the flood.