The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-23
ORDINANCE NO. 9s7-C.


 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE
 FOR THE ELIMINATION OF
 THE FOURTEENTH STREET E GRADE CROSSING.
 BE TT ORDAINED, by the Commis- sion; of the City of Birmingham, as fol- lows:
 Section 1. That the railroad com panies now having and using railroad tracks on Fourteenth Street in Birming- ham, Alabama, between line four hun ydred thirty-eight (438) feet south of and parallel with the south line of First Avenue, and line one hundred and ninety-four (194) feet north of and parallel with the north line of Powell Avenue if extended westward, be. ard they are hereby required in the inter est of Public safety, welfare and con rpnience, to construct and maintain at their own expense bridge and it's ap- proaches on, along and over said Fourteenth Street, suitable and suffi- cient to carry said railroad tracks and railroad traffic above the grade of and across said Fourteenth Street, and the vehicular, foot and street railway traf- fic bridge on and along said Fourteenth Street and beneath the superstructure pf said bridge. Said bridge shall con sist of steel or Portland cement coIl- crete, or combination of same, and solid, non-leakable floors shall be pro vided in the superstructure thereof. The said railroad companies may, however, discontinue the use of so much of the fourth track north of and nearest Pow ell Avenue, if extended as lies within Fourteenth Street, and remove the rails thereof from Fourteenth Street, in lieu of eleyating the same. The north anu south center line of said bridge (here- matter referred to as the center line of said bridge) shall be formed on and along and concentric with the center line of Fourteenth Street as now es- abolished. These lines of columns or mitted. The east face of the west line of columns shall be placed at distance not less than twenty-five (25) feet and said bridge, and the west face of the a distance not, less than twenty five feet and six ("25-6') inches from and parallel with the center line of said bridge. If center columns are used, the center line of the center columns shall be placed on and along the center lire of the bridge. The east face of the west abutment shall be placed at a distance not less than forty (40) feet from and parallel to the center line of said bridge, and the west face of the east abutment shall be placed at a dis tance of forty (40) feet east of and parallel to the center line of said bridge. Said bridge shall provide for roadway and the curbs thereof between the faces of the east and west lines of columns os a minimum of fifty-one (51) feet inclusive of the center line of columns or supports, and with minimum head room clearance of fourteen (14) feet, and for sidewalk spaces on each side of said roadway, each of which sidewalk spaces shall have minimum head room clearance of thirteen (13) feet and a minimum horizontal clearance of fifteen .(15) feet, including width Of columns and curbs. The distance be- tween curbs shall be not less than fifty feet, no inches (50'-0'O. Electric conduits or ducts shall be installed with in the superstructure of said bridge with sufficient outlets to permit the in stallation of an adequate number of