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Following the bridge's completion, Roebling became one of the first people to cross the bridge, carrying a rooster in her lap as a symbol of prosperity and progress. Following the bridge's completion, Emily was an active participant in the women's suffrage movement and in her community before dying of stomach cancer in 1903.

1. On April 28, 1979 tow boat M/V CAHABA, commanded by Capt. Jimmy Wilkerson, was dropping 2 barges, with coal, through the non-lifting East span of Rooster Bridge on the Tombigbee River (mile marker 200), with intent of then running the tow boat around through the West bridge span which does lift & then catching the barges downstream of the ...

The state of Alabama within six years added to what was needed.". "The bridge opened as the Memorial Bridge in 1925. It was officially renamed the Rooster Bridge in 1971. The history about the bridge and the auction is taught to Demopolis school students each year. "Our kids love it," said Westside Elementary Principal Tisha Lewis.