Where in the U.S. is the Edmund Pettus Bridge located?

The Edmund Pettus Bridge is a bridge that carries U.S. Route 80 across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama. It was built in 1940; and, it is named for Edmund Winston Pettus, who was a former Confederate brigadier general, past U.S. Senator from Alabama and Grand Dragon of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. The bridge is a steel through arch bridge with a central span of 250 feet. There are nine large concrete arches supporting the bridge and roadway on the east side.

The Edmund Pettus Bridge was the site of the conflict of Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965, when armed policemen attacked civil rights demonstrators with billy clubs and tear gas as they were attempting to march to the Alabama state capital of Montgomery.

The bridge was declared a National Historic Landmark on March 11, 2013.

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WomanofSubstance

Charli Robinson, A foolish person tries to wash away history. Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.

Annie

Good guess? History should be taught - know where you came from to not make the same bad choices.

Monty Mathias

Charli Robinson, there is some movement in some circles to have the bridge renamed the "John Lewis...bridge". As you probably know he was seriously injured that day.

Monty Mathias

Garlon D. Jackson, For all of Byrd's positive contributions, his affiliation with the KKK is a shameful stain on his legacy.

JohnnyRoulette

silrem, I believe John Lewis was very nearly killed there.

JohnnyRoulette

Janice Lea Vanlandingham, Right, because my travels around the US have taken me by so many statues of indigenous heroes…oh, wait…I missed those. I must have blinked.

David Coe

Larry Hughes, It's a standard design used widely across the nation.

David Coe

Janice Lea Vanlandingham, Pettus was a traitor, fought for the Confederate States against the legal government. As if that was not enough he was a leader of the Ku Klux Klan.