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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.<ref>"Classmates remember friend through art." ''Pensacola News Journal'', April 6, 2004.</ref> Members of the [[Pensacola Police Department]] observed the undertaking, but did not interfere and even encouraged the students' display.<ref name="tooclose"/> 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.<refname="tooclose">"Too close to home." ''Pensacola News Journal'', June 12, 2007.</ref>
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