Norfolk-Southern French Broad Bridge #5

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4-span Baltimore (Pratt) truss bridges across the French Broad River

This crossing is a half-mile west and downriver of the concrete deck plate girder Bridge #4, and is necessary because of an unusual horseshoe bend in the river. These bridges were numbered by the railroad company, by the number of crossings of the French Broad River on the Norfolk Southern Railroad between Asheville, North Carolina and Knoxville, Tennessee.

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in August 2008

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Facts 

Overview

4-span Baltimore through truss bridge on Norfolk Southern Railway, one of only 2 Baltimore (Pratt) through truss railroad bridges in area--other is on CSX Railroad at Starnes Slant, VA

Location

Cocke County, Tennessee

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1927

Builder

- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia

Design

Skewed Baltimore through truss

Approximate latitude, longitude

+35.93323, -82.91052   (decimal degrees)
35°55'60" N, 82°54'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/327654/3978229 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Paint Rock

Inventory number

BH 37280 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• November 2, 2010: Updated by C Hanchey: Added GPS Coordinates
• December 31, 2009: Updated by Calvin Sneed: T-DOT's Resident Bridge engineer confirms the skewed bridge design... Thanks!
• December 13, 2009: Updated by Matthew Ridpath: This bridge is also skewed
• September 7, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed
• August 24, 2008: Added by Calvin Sneed

Sources 

• Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Matthew Ridpath
• C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com

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