Flooding Collapses Road, Closes Bridges, Causes Wreck

April 7, 2025

Flooding has closed several roadways and caused at least one wreck early Monday morning in North Escambia.

A portion of Pine Forest Road just north of Arthur Brown Road completely collapsed at a drainage culvert due to rushing water. Sometime before daybreak, the driver of Chevrolet pickup truck hit the sinkhole in the dark, heavily damaging the truck. The driver was not injured.

Brushy Creek has overflowed the bridges on Arthur Brown Road, Occie Phillips Road and Pineville Road. All the roadways are closed at the creek. Readers tell us that portions of dirt Pineville Road were washed out.

All of the bridges must be inspected by Escambia County Engineering staff to ensure the structures are safe before they are reopened. They will be inspected after the water recedes enough to allow staff to access underneath.

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  • CLOSED:
  • Pine Forest Road (Walnut Hill) — North of Arthur Brown
  • Arthur Brown @ Brushy Creek
  • O.C. Phillips Road @ Brushy Creek
  • Pineville @ Brushy Creek
  • Barrineau Park Road bridge over Perdido River into Alabama
  • Portions of dirt Pineville Road may be impassable

All of the roads are west and southwest of Walnut Hill, where radar estimates indicate over a foot a rain fell Sunday night into early Monday morning. The weather station at the Walnut Hill Fire Station recorded 8.15 inches of rain. (The yellow and red areas on the radar image below show an estimated 12 inches of rain or more in the past 24 hours.)

NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive