A rooster auction is definitely humorous! That's an
interesting bit of history you found out, and I am
left wondering how many roosters = one drawbridge.

The owner of the first website to post the pictures
may need his own rooster auction to pay his bandwidth
bill!

Thanks for the info,
David H.

--- Lee Bell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> The bridge is the "Demopolis Rooster Bridge" located
> some 10 miles west of Demopolis on U.S. Highway 80
> and across the Tombigbee River.

> Funding for the Rooster bridge came
> in part from an auction of roosters held in
> Demopolis on August 14 and 15,
> 1919. Luckily no one was injured and the tub is
> still in operation on the  Tombigbee.
>
> PS:  Is it OK if I find a rooster auction a humorous
> way to pay for a drawbridge?

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