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Photos taken June 2005 by James Adorno
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Overview
Bascule bridge over Tennessee River on Market Street (State Highway 8) in Chattanooga
Location
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Status
Rehabilitated in 2006
History
Built 1917
Design
Bascule Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 358.8 ft.
Total length: 1,894.5 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.4 ft.
Also called
Chief John Ross Bridge (official name)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.05897, -85.30909   (decimal degrees)
35°03'32" N, 85°18'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number
BH 32545 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
17,840

Categories 

Arch (7,559)
Bascule (439)
Built 1917 (288)
Built during 1910s (3,565)
Chattanooga, Tennessee (7)
Hamilton County, Tennessee (17)
Open (21,619)
Owned by state (6,541)
Span length 250-500 feet (575)
Steel through arch (129)
Structurally deficient (10,798)
Tennessee (344)
Tennessee River (16)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (699)

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Comments 

Market Street Bridge
Posted December 15, 2007, by chris sharp (chris_03262003 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

hope that it has been refurbished up there in that area of tennessee sure is beautiful country side town were its located at

Market Street Bridge
Posted October 10, 2007, by LMC

Aditional Images

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Market Street Bridge Picture
Posted October 10, 2007, by LMC (symone30 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Bridge Plate

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Market Street Bridge
Posted February 15, 2007, by James Adorno (adorno423 [at] aol [dot] com)

The bridge rehab is on schedule and scheduled to open in September 2007. I'll be there!