Visitors that make a stop at the Edmund Pettus Bridge will now have information about Selma and Dallas County at their fingertips.

City officials, former Selma Tourism Director Ashley Mason and business leaders unveiled a new information kiosk Friday morning at the foot of the bridge.

The kiosk features a map of Selma, pamphlets and current events for Selma’s visitors to check out before making their way over the historic bridge.

The new top of the line kiosk replaces an old wooden one.

“When I first moved here I noticed there was a really big kiosk here. It was made of wood, it was dry-rotted and we just needed to get rid of it,” Mason said. “Whenever I noticed that is when [the idea] really started.”

Mason said she was also inspired to have a new kiosk installed by a trip she took to Niagara Falls.

“I went on a road trip a year after I moved here, and I saw this beautiful [kiosk] at Niagara Falls, and so it just gave me the idea that Selma needs some of these,” Mason said.

With an idea in mind, Mason went to Mayor George Evans and the project started to come to fruition.

“We researched it and got the product that we thought would be best and decided on a location,” Mason said. “I worked with Carl Bowline from Madden & Associates to do the map and the Chamber of Commerce is going to make sure that it is fully stocked all the time.”

The kiosk provides visitors with a map, a guide to Selma and Dallas County, booklets on the city’s Civil War and civil rights history and other information visitors might find useful.

Evans said it was a great addition to the city and might inspire more kiosks to go up around Selma.

“This is just another step to putting that big puzzle together with all of the pieces. I think it will be awesome,” Evans said. “Visitors that come here can see streets, buildings and neighborhoods and get leaflets and pamphlets right there too.”