Asheville Highway French Broad Bridge #1

Photos 

Former 4-span through truss bridges across the French Broad River at Bridgeport, east of Newport

One Warren PTC through truss on north shore, three Warren (Camelback) Pratt through truss bridges to south shore. Locally, called Number 1 Bridge because it is the first French Broad River bridge east from Newport to the TN/NC state line. THIS BRIDGE NO LONGER EXISTS.

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in August 2008

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BH Photo #122274

Map 

Street View 

• View is from south shore, looking north (road alignment is eastbound-westbound)

Facts 

Overview

Lost four-span combination Warren through truss bridge sequence over French Broad River on U.S. 25-70 at Bridgeport (State Highway 9). Scheduled to be replaced by concrete deck bridge being built beside it

Location

Cocke County, Tennessee

Status

Bridge has been demolished, new bridge built beside it.

History

Built 1932, demolished 2010

Builder

- Tennessee State Highway Department

Design

Three Warren Camelback Polygonal through truss spans;
One five-panel Pratt truss span

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 182.0 ft.
Total length: 778.6 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.

Also called

Major J.T. Huff Bridge
French Broad River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+35.95464, -83.11173   (decimal degrees)
35°57'17" N, 83°06'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/309552/3980978 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Neddy Mountain

Average daily traffic (as of 2015)

5,830

Inventory numbers

TN 15SR0090011 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32463 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of August 2015)

Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 84.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

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Update Log 

• July 10, 2010: New Street View added by Calvin Sneed
• January 11, 2010: New photo from Eddie Douthitt
• September 7, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed
• August 24, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed

Sources 

• Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Eddie Douthitt - dalton1861 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Confederate Vets - Major Huff Obituary

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