City Infrastructure
Water
The Red Bay Water, Gas & Wastewater Boards operate the gas, water and wastewater systems in the community.
The water systems obtains its supply of water from the Ranney Collector Well and Well # 3 (one of our existing five wells). Both these wells supply water to the Water Filter Plant. The remaining four wells and three previously used treatment plants are used for a backup source. We currently have a daily capacity of 1,300,000 GPD. However we are considering going to High Rate Filtration. If we do so we can produce 1.75 to 2 MGD. The average daily consumption is 640,000 GPD with a peak consumption of 1,156,000 GPD. The system maintains four reservoirs and four storage tanks with a total capacity of 1,825,000 gallons.
Power
The city of Red Bay buys its power from Tennessee Valley Authority, and is distributed through Franklin Electric Cooperative which is located on Golden Road in Red Bay.
Red Bay has the capability of abundance of power to assist any industry in locating in Red Bay.
Franklin Electric Cooperative
Natural Gas
The city owns its natural gas system, serving business, industry and residential customers. Natural gas is supplied by the Texan Eastern Gas Company, and is distributed by the Red Bay Water and Gas Department.
Sanitation
Red Bay waste treatment plant is a lagoon type system, with a capacity of 1,322,000 GPD. An additional lagoon was constructed and began operations January 1992 to enable future growth for many years in the future.
The lagoon is located on the North side of Red Bay adjacent to Bear Creek on Highway #11N.
Transportation
Highways:
Red Bay is immediately accessible by State Highways 24, 19, and 247. It is approximately 15 miles Northeast of US-78, a major highway between Memphis, TN and Birmingham, AL, and approximately 25 miles Southeast of US-72, a highway between Memphis, TN and Huntsville, AL.
Corridor V, a East-West 4-lane highway from Batesville, MS to Chattanooga, TN, will come through Red Bay when completed. Corridor V will connect with I-55 and US-78 in Mississippi, and I-65 and US-72 in Alabama. Construction is scheduled for completion within the next few years.
The city is located 64 miles West of I-65 and 14 miles Southeast of the historic Natchez Trace Parkway.
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Motor Freight Carriers:
Roadway Express and Ross Neely freight carriers serve the Red Bay area with freight terminals located in Quad-City area of Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Water Transportation:
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is 15 miles Northwest of Red Bay which is the shortest distance from our area to the Port of Mobile, Alabama. This waterway has shortened the water route by approximately 800 miles and will be very beneficial to industry in this area.
The Tennessee River is located 45 miles North of Red Bay with port facilities in Florence, Alabama. The channel depth is 9 feet.
Air Transportation:
The nearest commercial air services is located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, approximately 45 miles Northeast of Red Bay, and the Tupelo, Mississippi airport, approximately 48 miles Southwest of Red Bay.
Rail Transportation:
The Red Bay area is served by railroad spur from Corinth, Mississippi.
Health Facilities
Red Bay Hospital, an affiliate of Colbert County/Northwest Alabama Healthcare Authority, is a state licensed acute care facility. Services are provided by approximately 158 employees which include 24 hour emergency services, 24 hour licensed nursing care, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, occupational therapy, diagnostic x-ray, including mammography, ultrasonography, and computerized tomography (CAT scan), a CLIA approved laboratory, outpatient surgery, and a swing-bed program which provides interim care.
A continuum of care is provided by the hospital through their home health agency, Community Home Health Care, which is licensed to provide home care to patients in Franklin, Marion, Colbert, Lawrence, Lauderdale and Winston Counties of Alabama.
The medical staff consists of 6 physicians with admitting privileges and 27 courtesy staff physicians which provide specialty care in orthopedic surgery, urology, general surgery, obstetrics-gynecology, neurology, ENT, pathology, radiology and anesthesiology.
Ambulance service is provided by North Star Paramedic Services.
Red Bay Hospital
- A health care affiliate of Helen Keller Hospital
The Care Center of Red Bay Nursing Home accommodates eighty residents.
Red Bay offers the services of two nurse practitioners.
Red Bay Hospital provides home health through Community Home Health Care to residents in Red Bay and the surrounding area.