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Photo taken by Calvin Sneed

Honored by the American Institute of Steel Construction as its most beautiful bridge, 1948

Overview: Three-span deck truss bridge over Watauga River on State Highway 67
Location: Carter County, Tennessee
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built by the Nashville Bridge Co. for the Tennessee Valley Authority 1946-1948 to replace a 2 span Warren through truss when TVA built the Watauga Dam and raised the level of the Watauga River
Builders: - Nashville Bridge Co. of Nashville, Tennessee
- Tennessee Valley Authority
Design: 1 3-span continuous Warren deck truss bridge
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 492.0 ft.
Total length: 1,091.5 ft.
Deck width: 28.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.32861, -82.04167 (decimal degrees)
36°19'43" N, 82°02'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/406506/4020900 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Watauga Dam
Inventory numbers: TN 10SR0670019 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32453 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2011): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 67.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 3,710