By: Willow Handley
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| Amy Handley, 50 (left), Wesley Handley, 22 (middle), and Michael Handley, 51 (right) looking at the different trails to take. There were several different trails at different lengths that went around the tracks. |
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| Michael reading a plaque labeled "Old Railroad Bridge". This bridge is the known as the oldest railroad bridge in Alabama, located in Florence. |
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| Plaques with a list of railroad bridges stockholders. The deck below the tracks was used as a toll bridge until O'Neal Bridge opened in 1939. |
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| Amy looking off the side of the lower deck. The lower deck was restored and turned into a walking trail for the visitors and residents of Alabama. |
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| Amy taking a picture of Michael and Wesley from down the bridge. The original piers make for a good photo op. |
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| A biker waving as he passes by on the trail. The deck is a spot bikers like to take amidst their trail rides. |
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| Names carved into the side railings of the bridge. Many couples engraved their initials all thought the bridge and trails. |
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| Locks hooked on the support cables of the bridge. Couples tend to do this and throw the key into the river as a sign that their love will never be broken. |
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| Michael taking a picture with his cell-phone. There are several spots along the trails that make for beautiful pictures. |
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| The lower deck of the bridge. The deck is 1,560 feet long. |
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| Michael and Amy hiking up a trail. |
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| Wesley hiking along the trail. "I did not dress appropriately to go on this hike," Wesley said. |
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| Michael with a butterfly that landed on his shirt sleeve. Michaels mom loved butterflies, and when the family walked on the rocks by the water several different butterflies flew into the air. |
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| Amy with a butterfly on her leg. "Its like mom is going on the hike with us," Amy said. |
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| A father and son walking in the river. The river is a good spot for bikers to stop and cool off. |
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| Wesley posing underneath an abandoned bridge. "Theres spiders everywhere down here," Wesley said. |
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| Wesley drinking out of is water bottle. The summer heat makes hikers desperate for water. |
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| Wesley continuing to drink his water. "Its all gone now,"Wesley said. |
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| Michael and Amy continuing on the trial. "You know Indians used to live all along this land,"Michael said. |
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| The oldest Railroad Bridge in Alabama next to the Bridge that replaced it. In 1892 and engine car and 5 cars crashed through both decks into the river. |
