OFFICIAL
BRIDGEPORT WEBSITE 
OFFICIAL
BRIDGEPORT WEBSITE
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HOSPITAL OPPOSITION DROPPED! The opposition has been dropped against the new Hospital in Bridgeport by the Jackson County Hospital Authority. This is indeed good news, because we should be starting the new Hospital soon. The new Hospital will be located on the new Highway 72. It is nice that the Jackson County Hospital and the new Critical Access Hospital, (which will serve South Pittsburg, Bridgeport, Stevenson, and North Sand Mountain,) will work hand in hand with each other, and offer healthcare to the citizens of the area, which will be second to none. I personally commend the Board and CEO Tom Lackey for making this possible. CITY MAY GET NEW RAILROAD BRIDGE The Eighth Street Bridge, which was closed a few years ago, may re-open... but it will be a new bridge. The bridge separates the City, and is used for traffic for both the elementary and middle schools. The Mayor is working with the Alabama Department of Transportation Director, Joe McInnis, Senator Lowell Barron, Representatives John Robinson and Albert Hall, Jackson County Commission Chairman Tidmore, and officials from CSX Railroad. We should be reporting more news about the Bridge, as talks continue.
ELECTION RESULTS John Lewis, Elected Mayor City Council David Bubba Hughes, Bobby Seabolt Dwayne Rootbeer Moore Harold Dawson Dave Robinson NOTE; The Election has been contested by Corky Coffman, John Bradford, Johnny Carl Steele, Leon Dave, Dennis Lambert, and the other losers. Each candidate who won beat the opposition over 2 to one in votes, not counting the Absentee votes. Until the Judge's ruling, there is really no City Government in place Bridgeport. The previous administration is operating the City with no meetings, until the ruling has been made. This only goes to show, how bad loosing can be for some people. The lawsuit is frivolous. The election was held by competent and honest people. The people who hold all of the elections in Bridgeport for the Federal, State, County and City elections. We look for the Judge to make his decision by the first of November. Newly elected officials are supposed to take office on October the first.
View of the Tennessee River from atop Battery Hill in Bridgeport. YOU CAN CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE, TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRIDGEPORT, AND SEE THE CURRENT, AND THE FUTURE WEATHER CONDITIONS. We are in the process of trying to make this website easier for you to maneuver and explore. We are trying to make each page, and the pictures therein, one jpeg, which will speed up your retrieving the pages, and making your surfing of this site far easier. Please bear with us. Bridgeport,
Alabama is located in northeast Alabama, just two miles from the
Tennessee State Line. If you look at the Power line tower to the left,
and just this side of the island on the right, you are in Tennessee.
This is a view from Historic Battery Hill. Battery Hill played a vital
role in the Civil War. It was a stronghold for the Union Army, and there
were other batteries and forts all around the hill, and to the right of
the picture. There have been many Civil War artifacts found on and
around the area where this picture was taken. Bridgeport is
nestled in the Tennessee Valley, in the Appalachian Mountain Chain, and
on the beautiful and serene Tennessee River. Bridgeport was founded in
late 1840's. The community has experienced the Civil War, fires, floods
and an explosion, but has persevered. The Union Army,
which had control of Bridgeport throughout most of the Civil War,
established a steamboat yard at Bridgeport, which was one of their major
strongholds. There were many war boats built here for the Union Army to
transport supplies to Chattanooga and Chickamauga, Georgia. Some of
those boats were the "Missionary," "Chattanooga,"
"Wauhatchie", "Bridgeport", "Chickamauga",and
many more. The original town
was founded right on the Tennessee River, and was called Jonesville. It
was later moved up the hill, as a group of New Yorkers came south with
their money, and great expectations of making the new town they called
Bridgeport, the new metropolis of the south. These Industrialists built
a basket factory, a steamboat factory, and many tall buildings for that
era, which was as many as five stories. There was a great depression,
and times became hard. The "Panic of 1893", hit the nation
hard and many of these men who had visions for a new City,
who came to Bridgeport, left broken hearted and Paupers. The City, which
started going down hill after the end of the boom period in 1893, by the
nineteen sixties had began to secure several smaller industries. By
1996, Bridgeport had secured several large Industries, and was providing
jobs for close to 1200 people. There were some
people who had been working to restore the old downtown, and some of the
buildings from the early 1900's. A natural gas explosion occurred in
1999, destroying much of the historic downtown, which is now listed on
the National Historic Register. Please feel free to browse around our
web page, take a look at some of the old homes, the railroad bridge, our
Industry, our schools and churches, the Civil War re-enactment, the
majestic mountains, and the pristine river, and all of our beautiful,
picturesque natural resources. We would like to have you come and visit,
but we would LOVE to have you move here, and become a part of our
community! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE SOMETHING FOR THE WEB PAGE, OR IF YOU HAVE PICTURES WHICH YOU THINK WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO THE VISITORS, PLEASE CALL JOHN LEWIS AT 495-2800, OR MAIL YOUR CONTRIBUTING ARTICLE OR PHOTOGRAPHS, OR PUT THEM ON A CD, FLOPPY, OR IOMEGA 100 MB ZIP DISK, TO John Lewis, 513 Giles Avenue, Bridgeport, Alabama 35740 We would be happy to have your information and old pictures.
The Bridgeport City Hall
The Old Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Depot, built in 1917 and burned in 1999, has been restored back to its original state.
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