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The Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA), commanded by Maj. Gen. John Medaris, was formed on 1 February 1956, taking over from Redstone Arsenal the facilities and personnel of OGMC. Von Braun was the Director of ABMA's Development Operations Division. Redstone Arsenal then became an Army post, supporting the ABMA and, in the future, other agencies.
Leads to Redstone Arsenal Gate 8, Parkway Place Mall and Brahan Spring Park: Bob Wallace Avenue: 316.864: 509.943: US 431 south (Governors Drive) Begin overlap with US 431. End overlap with SR 53. Clinton Avenue: Access Downtown Huntsville: I-565: US 72 (US-72 West/University Drive) Begin overlap with US 72: Oakwood Avenue: Max Luther Drive
SR 255 north (Research Park Boulevard) – Redstone Arsenal Gate 9: Signed as exits 14A (Gate 9) and 14B (SR-255) westbound: 15: Madison Pike, Sparkman Drive, Bob Wallace Avenue: Entrance to U.S. Space and Rocket Center: 69.190: 111.351: 17A: SR 53 north (Jordan Lane) to US 72: Signed as exit 17 westbound: 69.556: 111.940: 17B: SR 53 south ...
This quickly changed in early 1941 when the U.S. Army selected 35,000 acres (140 km 2) of land adjoining the southwest area of the city for building three chemical munitions facilities: the Huntsville Arsenal, the Redstone Ordnance Plant (soon redesignated Redstone Arsenal), and the Gulf Chemical Warfare Depot.
Sparkman Drive and Bob Wallace Avenue were once two separate streets before Interstate 565 was built in the early 1990s. Bob Wallace Avenue connected directly to Old Madison Pike and Sparkman Drive intersected to two roads just south of what was State Route 20 (now Interstate 565). Prior to 1958, Bob Wallace Avenue was actually 13th Street West.
As part of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School was moved from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland to Fort Lee, Virginia in 2009. [1] Under BRAC, OMEMS moved to Fort Lee in 2011 and was merged into the Ordnance School under the 59th Ordnance Brigade.
The Redstone earned the name "Old Reliable" because of this facility and the improvements it made possible. [4] The Interim Test Stand was built in 1953 by Dr. Wernher von Braun's team for a mere US$25,000 (equivalent to $284,701 in 2023) out of materials salvaged from the Redstone Arsenal. [5]