Anniston | |
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 Downtown Anniston in 2012 | |
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| Nickname: The Model City | |
 Location of Anniston in Calhoun County, Alabama. | |
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| Coordinates:33°39′40″N85°50′00″W / 33.66111°N 85.83333°W /33.66111; -85.83333 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Calhoun |
| Settled | April 1872 |
| Incorporated | July 3, 1883 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ciara Smith[1] (D)[2] |
| Area | |
• City | 45.90 sq mi (118.87 km2) |
| • Land | 45.83 sq mi (118.69 km2) |
| • Water | 0.069 sq mi (0.18 km2) |
| Elevation | 719 ft (219 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 21,564 |
| • Density | 470.6/sq mi (181.69/km2) |
| • Metro | 116,736 (US:327th) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 36201-36207 |
| Area code | 256 |
| FIPS code | 01-01852 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0159066 |
| Website | www |
Anniston is a city and thecounty seat ofCalhoun County inAlabama, United States, and is one of two urban centers/principal cities of and included in theAnniston–Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the2010 census, the population of the city was 23,106.[4] According to 2019Census estimates, the city had a population of 21,287.[5] Named "The Model City" byAtlanta newspapermanHenry W. Grady for its careful planning in the late 19th century, the city is situated on the slope of Blue Mountain.
The first white settlers of the area were James Jefferson Teague and Martha Golden.[6] They settled the area in 1828 near what would become known as Woodstock spring with other settlers soon arriving and building around Teague.
Though the surrounding area was settled much earlier, the mineral resources in the area of Anniston were not exploited until theCivil War. TheConfederate States of America operated an iron furnace near present-day downtown Anniston,[7] until it was destroyed by raidingUnioncavalry in early 1865. Later,cast iron for sewer systems became the focus of Anniston's industrial output. Cast iron pipe, also called soil pipe, was popular until the advent of plastic pipe in the 1960s.[8]
In 1872, the Woodstock Iron Company, organized bySamuel Noble and Union Gen.Daniel Tyler, rebuilt the furnace on a much larger scale,[9] and started a planned community named Woodstock, soon renamed "Annie's Town" for Annie Scott Tyler, Daniel's daughter-in-law and wife of railroad presidentAlfred L. Tyler. Anniston was chartered as a town in 1873.[10]
Though the roots of the town's economy were in iron, steel, andclay pipe, planners touted it as a health resort, and several hotels began operating. Schools also appeared, including the Noble Institute, a school for girls established in 1886,[11] and the Alabama Presbyterian College for Men, founded in 1905.[9] Careful planning and easy access to rail transportation helped grow Anniston. In 1882, Anniston was the first city in Alabama to be lit by electricity.[12] By 1941, Anniston was Alabama's fifth largest city.[13]
In 1917, at the start ofWorld War I, the United States Army established a training camp atFort McClellan. On the other side of town, theAnniston Army Depot opened duringWorld War II as a major weapons storage and maintenance site, a role it continues to serve as munitions-incineration progresses. Most of the site of Fort McClellan was incorporated into Anniston in the late 1990s, and the Army closed the fort in 1999 following theBase Realignment and Closure round of 1995.
Anniston was the center of national controversy in 1961 when a mob bombed a bus filled with civilianFreedom Riders during theAmerican Civil Rights Movement. As two Freedom buses were setting out to travel the south in protest of theircivil rights following theSupreme Court case saying bus segregation was unconstitutional, one headed to Anniston, and one toBirmingham, Alabama, before finishing inNew Orleans. TheFreedom Riders were riding an integrated bus to protest Alabama'sJim Crowsegregation laws that denied African Americans theircivil rights. One of the buses was attacked and firebombed by a mob outside Anniston onMother's Day, Sunday, May 14, 1961. Prior to the bus being firebombed, attackers broke windows, and slashed tires, using metal pipes, clubs, chains and crowbars, before the police came to escort the bus away.[14] The bus was forced to a stop just outside of Anniston, in front of Forsyth and Sons grocery, by more mob members.[15] As more windows were broken, rocks and eventually a firebomb were thrown into the bus. As the bus burned, the mob held the doors shut, intent on burning the riders to death. An exploding fuel tank caused the mob to retreat, allowing the riders to escape the bus. The riders were viciously beaten as they tried to flee, where warning shots fired into the air by highway patrolmen prevented the riders from beinglynched on the spot.[14] A 12-year-old girl, Janie Forsyth, set out against the mob with a bucket of water and cups to help the Riders, first tending to the one who had looked like her own nanny.[16] Forsyth and Son grocery is located alongAlabama Highway 202 about 5 miles (8 km) west of downtown. The site today is home to a historic marker and was designatedFreedom Riders National Monument by President Barack Obama in January 2017.[17][18]
In response to the violence, the city formed a bi-racial Human Relations Council (HRC) made up of prominent white business and religious leaders, but when they attempted to integrate the "whites-only" public library on Sunday afternoon, September 15, 1963 (the same day as the16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham), further violence ensued and two black ministers, N.Q. Reynolds and Bob McClain, were severely beaten by a mob. The HRC chairman, whitePresbyterian minister Rev. Phil Noble, worked with an elder of his church, Anniston City Commissioner Miller Sproull, to avoidKKK mob domination of the city. In a telephone conference with PresidentJohn F. Kennedy, the President informed the HRC that after the Birmingham church bombing he had stationed additional federal troops at Fort McClellan. On September 16, 1963, with city police present, Noble and Sproull escorted black ministers into the library.[19] In February 1964, Anniston Hardware, owned by the Sproull family, was bombed, presumably in retaliation for Commissioner Sproull's integration efforts.
On the night of July 15, 1965, a white racist rally was held in Anniston, after whichWillie Brewster, a black foundry worker, was shot and killed while driving home from work. A $20,000 reward was raised by Anniston civic leaders, and resulted in the apprehension, trial and conviction of the accused killer, Damon Strange, who worked for a leader of theKu Klux Klan.[20] HistorianTaylor Branch called the conviction of Damon Strange a "breakthrough verdict" on p. 391 of hisPulitzer Prize-winning book,At Canaan's Edge. Strange was convicted by an all-white Calhoun County jury to the surprise of many people, including civil rights leaders who had planned to protest an acquittal. This was the first conviction of a white person for killing a black person in civil rights era Alabama.[21]
Anniston was a 1978 winner of theAll-America City Award, presented by theNational Civic League.[22]
PCBs were produced in Anniston from 1929 to 1935 by theSwann Chemical Company. In 1935Monsanto Industrial Chemicals Co. bought the plant and took over production, which continued until 1971. In 1969, the plant was discharging about 250 pounds (110 kg) of the chemicals into Snow Creek per day, according to internal company documents.[23]
In 2002, an investigation by60 Minutes[24] revealed Anniston had been among the most toxic cities in the country. The primary source of local contamination was aMonsanto chemical factory, which had already been closed. The EPA description[25] of the site reads in part:
The Anniston PCB site consists of residential, commercial, and public properties located in and around Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, that contain or may contain hazardous substances, includingpolychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) impacted media. The Site is not listed on the NPL, but is considered to be a NPL-caliber site.
In 2016, attorney Jack Draper was elected mayor of Anniston,[26] and he was reelected to a second term in 2020.[27] After a law was passed in Alabama extending mayoral terms by one year, Draper resigned in 2025, citing the effects of the extended incumbency, in addition to focusing on his health and family.[28][29] Vice mayor Ciara Smith succeeded Draper via appointment, and she became the youngest and first African-American person to hold the office of mayor.[1] Smith was elected to a full term as mayor in her own right during the 2025 municipal elections, also becoming the first elected mayor to hold these distinctions.[30]
At the southernmost length of theBlue Ridge, part of theAppalachian Mountains, Anniston's environment is home to diverse species of birds, reptiles and mammals. Part of the former Fort McClellan is now operating asMountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge to protect endangeredSouthern Longleaf Pine species.[citation needed]
According to theU.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 45.7 square miles (118.4 km2), of which 45.6 square miles (118.2 km2) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.15%, is water.[4]
In 2003, part of the town of Blue Mountain was annexed into the city of Anniston, while the remaining portion of the town reverted to unincorporated Calhoun County.[31]
Part of the city limits extend down toInterstate 20, with access from exit 188. Via I-20,Birmingham is 65 mi (105 km) west, andAtlanta is 91 mi (146 km) east.
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to theKöppen Climate Classification system, Anniston has ahumid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.[32]
| Climate data for Anniston, Alabama (Anniston Regional Airport) 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1903–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 80 (27) | 84 (29) | 89 (32) | 93 (34) | 98 (37) | 104 (40) | 105 (41) | 106 (41) | 101 (38) | 100 (38) | 88 (31) | 80 (27) | 106 (41) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 72.4 (22.4) | 75.6 (24.2) | 81.9 (27.7) | 85.6 (29.8) | 90.5 (32.5) | 94.7 (34.8) | 96.7 (35.9) | 96.5 (35.8) | 93.8 (34.3) | 86.9 (30.5) | 79.1 (26.2) | 72.8 (22.7) | 98.2 (36.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 54.7 (12.6) | 59.2 (15.1) | 66.9 (19.4) | 74.7 (23.7) | 81.5 (27.5) | 87.6 (30.9) | 90.2 (32.3) | 89.8 (32.1) | 85.2 (29.6) | 75.6 (24.2) | 65.1 (18.4) | 57.0 (13.9) | 74.0 (23.3) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 44.4 (6.9) | 48.2 (9.0) | 55.4 (13.0) | 62.6 (17.0) | 70.5 (21.4) | 77.4 (25.2) | 80.4 (26.9) | 79.9 (26.6) | 74.6 (23.7) | 63.9 (17.7) | 53.2 (11.8) | 46.8 (8.2) | 63.1 (17.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 34.0 (1.1) | 37.3 (2.9) | 43.8 (6.6) | 50.5 (10.3) | 59.5 (15.3) | 67.2 (19.6) | 70.6 (21.4) | 70.0 (21.1) | 64.0 (17.8) | 52.2 (11.2) | 41.3 (5.2) | 36.6 (2.6) | 52.2 (11.2) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 16.2 (−8.8) | 21.1 (−6.1) | 26.3 (−3.2) | 34.3 (1.3) | 44.4 (6.9) | 57.0 (13.9) | 63.5 (17.5) | 61.1 (16.2) | 49.4 (9.7) | 35.1 (1.7) | 25.1 (−3.8) | 20.7 (−6.3) | 14.1 (−9.9) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −5 (−21) | −4 (−20) | 12 (−11) | 26 (−3) | 34 (1) | 42 (6) | 50 (10) | 50 (10) | 34 (1) | 22 (−6) | 5 (−15) | 1 (−17) | −5 (−21) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 4.84 (123) | 5.08 (129) | 5.37 (136) | 4.43 (113) | 4.35 (110) | 4.37 (111) | 4.68 (119) | 3.51 (89) | 3.11 (79) | 3.25 (83) | 4.53 (115) | 4.60 (117) | 52.12 (1,324) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 10.9 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 10.7 | 118.8 |
| Source:NOAA[33][34] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 942 | — | |
| 1890 | 9,998 | 961.4% | |
| 1900 | 9,695 | −3.0% | |
| 1910 | 12,794 | 32.0% | |
| 1920 | 17,734 | 38.6% | |
| 1930 | 22,345 | 26.0% | |
| 1940 | 25,523 | 14.2% | |
| 1950 | 31,066 | 21.7% | |
| 1960 | 33,320 | 7.3% | |
| 1970 | 31,533 | −5.4% | |
| 1980 | 29,135 | −7.6% | |
| 1990 | 26,623 | −8.6% | |
| 2000 | 24,276 | −8.8% | |
| 2010 | 23,106 | −4.8% | |
| 2020 | 21,564 | −6.7% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[35] 2018 Estimate[36] | |||
Anniston first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census[37] as an incorporated town.
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 9,012 | 41.79% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 10,565 | 48.99% |
| Native American | 52 | 0.24% |
| Asian | 245 | 1.14% |
| Pacific Islander | 10 | 0.05% |
| Other/Mixed | 768 | 3.56% |
| Hispanic orLatino | 912 | 4.23% |
As of the2020 United States census, there were 21,564 people, 9,277 households, and 5,455 families residing in the city.
As of the census of 2010, there were 23,106 people living in the city. The population density was 506.3 inhabitants per square mile (195.5/km2). There were 11,599 housing units at an average density of 281.5 per square mile (108.7/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 51.5%Black orAfrican American, 43.6%Non-Hispanic White, 0.3%Native American, 0.8%Asian, 0.1%Pacific Islander, and 1.7% from two or more races. 2.7% of the population wereHispanic orLatino of any race.
There were 9,603 households, out of which 20.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were married couples living together, 21.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.6% were non-families. 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 21.7% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $30,400, and the median income for a family was $37,067. Males had a median income of $31,429 versus $21,614 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,689. About 25.1% of families and 29.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.2% of those under age 18 and 16.2% of those age 65 or over.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 1,401 | — | |
| 1890 | 10,918 | 679.3% | |
| 1900 | 11,008 | 0.8% | |
| 1910 | 14,602 | 32.6% | |
| 1920 | 18,185 | 24.5% | |
| 1930 | 22,807 | 25.4% | |
| 1940 | 28,836 | 26.4% | |
| 1950 | 37,457 | 29.9% | |
| 1960 | 33,689 | −10.1% | |
| 1970 | 31,637 | −6.1% | |
| 1980 | 83,265 | 163.2% | |
| 1990 | 75,674 | −9.1% | |
| 2000 | 69,376 | −8.3% | |
| 2010 | 68,662 | −1.0% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[39] | |||
Anniston Beat (Precinct) (Calhoun County 15th Beat) first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census. In 1890, "beat" was changed to "precinct." In 1960, the precinct was changed to "census division" as part of a general reorganization of counties.[40] In 1980, three additional census divisions were consolidated into Anniston, includingOxford,Weaver andWest End.[41]
| Year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homicides (city, number)[42] | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Homicides (city, rate)[42] | 28.6 | 8.4 | 25.1 | 20.9 | 58.4 | 37.9 | 55.0 | 21.2 | 12.7 | 47.4 | 21.7 | 22.1 | 17.7 | 35.9 | 31.5 |
| Homicides (US, rate)[42] | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
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In 1899, the county seat of Calhoun County moved fromJacksonville to Anniston. More than 100 years later, the community is a bustling center of industry and commerce with more than 22,000 residents. Over the years, city officials and local citizens have worked to retain the environmental beauty of the area while allowing it to thrive economically and to preserve its history. The Spirit of Anniston Main Street Program, Inc., a nonprofit organization started in 1993, spearheaded the restoration and revitalization of historic downtown Anniston, with a focus on the city's main thoroughfare, Noble Street.
The Noble Streetscape Project encouraged local business owners to refurbish storefront façades, while historic homes throughout the downtown area have been repaired and returned to their former condition. The preservation effort included the historic Calhoun County Courthouse, located on the corner of 11th Street and Gurnee Avenue since 1900. The original building burned down in 1931, but the courthouse was rebuilt a year later. Thanks to a complete restoration in 1990, the stately structure is still in use today.
Anniston has long been a cultural center for northeastern Alabama. TheAlabama Shakespeare Festival was founded in the city in 1972 and remained there until moving toMontgomery in 1985 seeking more robust financial support. The Knox Concert Series produces an annual season of world-renowned musical and dance productions, and the Community Actors' Studio Theatre community theatre organization performs plays, musicals, and revues featuring local performers, actors, and musicians. CAST also features specially funded programs to educate area children in the arts for free. The city is home to theAnniston Museum of Natural History and the Berman Museum of World History. These institutions house mummies, dioramas of wildlife, and artifacts from a bygone age in contemporary, professional displays and exhibits. TheAlabama Symphony Orchestra since 2004 has performed a summer series of outdoor concerts, Music at McClellan, at the formerFort McClellan.
The city has many examples ofVictorian-style homes, some of which have been restored or preserved. Several of the city's churches are architecturally significant or historic, including the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Grace Episcopal Church, Parker Memorial Baptist Church, and the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, a predominantly African-American church in what is known as the Zion Hill community. Temple Beth El, dedicated in 1893, is the oldest building in the state continuously used forJewish worship.
The original main street, Noble Street, is seeing a rebirth as a shopping and dining district in the heart of downtown.
TheChief Ladiga Trail, part of a 90-mile (140 km) pavedrail trail with theSilver Comet Trail ofGeorgia, has its western terminus in Anniston.
Fort McClellan—former site of the U.S. Army Military Police Training Academy, a Vietnam era Infantry Training Center,Chemical Corps Regimental Headquarters, Chemical Warfare training center, and Women's Army Corps Headquarters—was decommissioned in the 1990s. A portion of the former fort is now home to theAlabama National Guard Training Center. Another 9,000 acres (36 km2) of the fort were set aside for theMountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge in 2003. TheDepartment of Homeland Security also uses a portion of the decommissioned fort for theCenter for Domestic Preparedness, the nation's only civilian "live agent" training center; emergency response providers from all over the world come to Fort McClellan to be trained in dealing with live agents and weapons in a real-time, monitored setting.[citation needed]
Anniston is governed by Alabama's "weak mayor" form of city government. Four city council members are elected to represent the city's four wards, and the mayor is elected at-large. Day-to-day functions of city government are carried out by the city manager, who is appointed by the mayor and city council.
The current five-member city council includes Ciara Smith (mayor), Lewis Downing (Ward 1), D.D. Roberts (Ward 2), Joe Harrington (Ward 3) and Millie Harris (Ward 4). The office of vice mayor is vacant as of August 2025.[43]
Anniston is thecounty seat ofCalhoun County, Alabama. Circuit and district courts for the county and thedistrict attorney's office are located in the Calhoun County Courthouse at the corner of 11th Street and Gurnee Avenue. Other county administrative offices are in the Calhoun County Administrative Building at the corner of 17th and Noble streets, and a United States Courthouse, part of the U.S. Alabama Northern District Court, is located at the corner of 12th and Noble streets.
Source:[44]
Public schools in Anniston are operated byAnniston City Schools. These include:
Statewide testing ranks the schools in Alabama. Those in the bottom six percent are listed as "failing". As of early 2018, Anniston High School was included in this category.[45]
A public four-year institution of higher learning,Jacksonville State University, is located 12 miles (19 km) to the north inJacksonville. Anniston is home to some satellite campuses ofGadsden State Community College, both at the former Fort McClellan and at the Ayers campus in southern Anniston.
There are several private primary and secondary schools in Anniston, including:
An obelisk installed in 1905 commemorates "Dr. Clarence J. Owens, president of the Anniston College for Young Ladies".[46]
| % Black | Note | |
|---|---|---|
| Anniston City Population | 52% | [35] |
| The Donoho School (Private) | 8% | [47] |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School (Private) | 14% | [48] |
| Faith Christian School (Private) | 6% | [49] |
| Anniston High School (Public) | 95% | [50] |
| Anniston Middle School (Public) | 88% | [51] |
| Golden Springs Elementary School (Public) | 81% | [52] |
| Randolph Park Elementary School (Public) | 95% | [53] |
| Tenth Street Elementary School (Public) | 84% | [54] |
Former schools in Anniston include theAnniston Normal and Industrial School (1898–c. 1915), a private Baptist school for African American students during the time of segregation.[55]
Anniston is served by two daily newspapers:The Birmingham News statewide edition, and the local 25,000 circulation daily paper,The Anniston Star. Anniston-based Consolidated Publishing Co., publisher ofThe Anniston Star, also owns and operates advertising-supported newspapers in nearbyJacksonville,Piedmont andCleburne County. Local radio stations includeWHMA AM andFM and WHOG 1120 AM.
WEAC-CD is the only television station that directly broadcasts from the Anniston area, but manyBirmingham stations have towers and news bureaus here, such as WJSU-TV (WJSU is a local broadcast station for Birmingham-basedABC 33/40), WBRC-TV (Fox), and WVTM-TV (NBC).Alabama Public Television erected its tallest tower atopCheaha Mountain 12 miles (19 km) south of Anniston. WJSU-TV 40 was historically a local CBS affiliate, broadcasting local newscasts daily.
Formerly its ownArbitron-defined broadcast market, today Anniston is a part of the Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa televisiondesignated market area. Radio stations are divided into three sub markets within that market; Anniston is in the Anniston-Gadsden–Talladega radio sub market.
The following major highways pass through Anniston:
U.S. Highway 431 (Anniston Eastern Bypass/Golden Springs Road)
State Route 21 (Quintard Avenue/McClellan Boulevard)
State Route 202The Anniston Western Bypass runs fromInterstate 20 inOxford (the Coldwater exit) and runs north into the presentState Route 202. It is five lanes wide, handlingAnniston Army Depot traffic. Future plans will extend it on the present County Road 109 by widening it to connect withUS 431.State Route 202 follows this route from CR 109 (Bynum-Leatherwood Road) southward.
TheAnniston Eastern Bypass was a stalled project of theAlabama Department of Transportation to build a four-lane highway in Calhoun County until revived by the2009 federal stimulus package.[56] It was the largest influx of federal money into the local economy since Fort McClellan closed. More than $21 million was earmarked for this project in 2005. This funding was spent acquiring rights of way and grading a section of the proposed bypass from Oxford to the community of Golden Springs. As of April 2009, the section was a graded, but undriveable, clay dirt road bed. The Eastern Bypass was revived by the 2009 Federal Stimulus Package and was opened to traffic into McClellan on the northwest end in January 2011. As of December 2015, the route is now open to traffic and carries US-431 from the Saks community southward.
Amtrak servesAnniston with itsCrescent service, operating to and fromNew Orleans andNew York.[57] Southbound trains depart at 10:30am, and northbound trains depart at 6:59pm (central time).[58]
TheAreawide Community Transportation System (ACTS) provides fixed-route bus and paratransit services within Anniston and Oxford. The service operates Monday through Friday from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM and on Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. There is no service on Sundays.
Anniston is home to theAnniston Army Depot which is used for the maintenance of most Army tracked vehicles. The depot also housed a major chemical weapons storage facility, theAnniston Chemical Activity, and a program to destroy those weapons, theAnniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility. In 2003, the Anniston Army Depot began the process of destroying thechemical weapons it had stored at the depot and at Fort McClellan. An incinerator was built to destroy the stockpile ofSarin,VX nerve agent, andmustard blister agent stored at the depot. Destruction of the weapons was completed in 2011.[59] The incinerator and related operations were officially closed in May 2013, and the incinerator was disassembled and removed from the depot at the end of 2013.[59]
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