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Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Demolition has started for the Broad Street Bridge in downtown Albany.

Monday, September 17, 2012  Local artists have begun painting a Broad Avenue Bridge mural at the Artpark in downtown Albany.

Monday, May 07, 2012  Updated with video; A construction company has been granted a contract to tear down the Broad Avenue Bridge.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012  Updated with video; Tuesday morning Albany City Commissioners voted to move forward with demolition and rebuilding the Broad Avenue Bridge.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Updated with video; Friends of the Broad Avenue Memorial Bridge held a meeting in the Albany Police Department community room to give the public a view of what the bridge could become and hopefully gain support.

Monday, March 26, 2012  Updated with video; Friends of the Broad Avenue Bridge have filed a second appeal to the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Friday, March 02, 2012  Friends of the Albany Broad Avenue Bridge Group invited an architect to discuss ways to re-use the bridge.

Monday, February 13, 2012  Updated with video; The Broad Avenue Bridge decommission service took place Saturday morning hosted by the Southwest Georgia Veterans Collision, the Georgia Department of Transportation and the City of Albany.

Friday, February 03, 2012  Updated with video; Before the Broad Ave. Bridge is torn down, GDOT sought the SOWGEA Veterans Coalition to help decommission the old bridge.

Friday, January 06, 2012  Updated with video; The Broad Ave. Bridge is expected to be torn down in coming months, so is it too little too late for a group trying to save it?

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  The son of a civil rights leader is getting frustrated at the city for not agreeing to put his father's name on a local bridge, however, the city is frustrated by him turning their ideas down.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  Officials say they are on track with repairs for the Broad Avenue bridge.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011  It seems like years since traffic was last seen traveling across the Broad Avenue Bridge.

Thursday, April 29, 2010  Dozens of people weighed in on the two final designs for the new bridge.

Tuesday, April 06, 2010  Plans to rebuild the Broad Avenue Bridge are in the works.