Dement Bridge
Photos
TN 269 Duck River Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in November 2009
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
BH Photo #150046
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete stringer bridge over Duck River on TN 269
- Location
- Bedford County, Tennessee
- Status
- Closed to traffic
- History
- Built 1930; Bypassed by new bridge in 1993
- Design
- Concrete stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 45.9 ft.
Total length: 174.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
- Also called
- Duck River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.46674, -86.29471 (decimal degrees)
35°28'00" N, 86°17'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/563991/3925033 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Normandy
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 680
- Inventory numbers
- TN 02S42890005 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 43676 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of October 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 98.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- March 23, 2014: Updated by Don Morrison: Exchanged name and alternate name
- January 14, 2012: New Street View added by Ben Tate
- January 14, 2012: Updated by David Backlin: Revised status to Open to Local Traffic
- November 28, 2009: Added by C Hanchey
Sources
- C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Don Morrison
Comments
It was a nice day to get out, and I just had to check this one out for myself. I drove over it in my Buick, and I've got video to show!
Old Duck River Bridge, Wartrace, Tennessee: http://youtu.be/b8VqcYVagoE
Still open, easy to drive over. Approaches are clear although a bit overgrown with grass and weeds on the east end sometimes, but it's easy to use the bridge even with a car. I was on it last weekend.
I agree with J.P.
The truck does not appear to be moving and is likely parked there for recreational purposes. The bridge is not however blocked by any means and can be driven over if one chooses to.
I'm inclined to say abandoned, too. In the aerial shot, it appears the approaches have been removed. YMMV
I would say by state terms the bridge is abandoned, and it is use at your own risk type thing. The red trucks looks like the owner is probably fishing and used the bridge as a safe parking spot, since the truck doesn't move as the street view moves.
Here is an aerial shot courtesy of Bing Maps: http://tinyurl.com/Duck-River-269
Sure enough, if you go to Google maps and use street view, there is a red pick-up truck crossing this bridge.
I drive across this bridge several times a year. It is open to vehicular traffic -- it is not marked for pedestrians only or blocked to vehicles.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/tn/bedford/bh43676/
Google shows it as Dement Bridge, so I renamed it.
Also merged 1992 NBI data.