17th Avenue railroad trestle
The 17th Avenue railroad trestle (more commonly called the graffiti bridge) is a concrete bridge that carries the CSX railroad over a two-lane span of 17th Avenue near its terminus at Pensacola Bay. It is well-known for the copious amounts of (mostly good-natured) graffiti that cover its surface at any given time.
After the August 20, 2003 death of 17-year-old Todd Currie, a number of Currie's friends and Washington High School classmates painted a variety of messages and memorials to him.[1] Members of the Pensacola Police Department observed the undertaking, but did not interfere and even encouraged the students' display.[2]
The Pensacola News Journal reported on June 12, 2007 that the Oak Point development, just southwest of the bridge, has experienced graffiti-related vandalism on its privacy wall and, more recently, on a house under construction.[2]
