By NOAH WORTHAM | Managing Editor
CALERA – The bridge over Camp Branch Creek on Highway 25 is set to be replaced thanks to funding from both Shelby County and the state of Alabama.
On Wednesday, Jan. 31, Gov. kay Ivey announced that more than $40 million in state transportation funding is being awarded to cities and counties for various road and bridge projects. Included in those projects is a replacement of the bridge over Camp Branch on Hwy 25 between Columbiana and Calera.
“This is the fifth and final bridge project on Highway 25 in my district,” said Corley Ellis, Alabama Representative for District 41.
Since coming into office, Ellis has made it a mission to replace five bridges on Hwy 25 and with the Camp Branch one on the way, they will soon all be completed.
“These bridges on Highway 25 were kind of my pet project,” Ellis said. “I knew they needed to be replaced, and I wanted to get those done for the citizens of my district.”
The bridge over Camp Branch is 20 feet wide and was built nearly a century ago in 1928.