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3-span Pratt through truss bridge across Holston River at Surgoinsville

The Surgoinsville Bridge on a late summer's afternoon. Open for now, but destined for replacement by a concrete deck-girder bridge

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in July 2008

Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over Holston River on County Road 2604 in Surgoinsville, scheduled to be replaced by concrete deck bridge
Location: Surgoinsville, Hawkins County, Tennessee
Status: Open to traffic, scheduled for demolition and replacement
Future prospects: Scheduled to be replaced by concrete deck girder bridge
History: Built 1955
Design: Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 147.9 ft.
Total length: 530.8 ft.
Deck width: 18.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.46861, -82.84889 (decimal degrees)
36°28'07" N, 82°50'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/334346/4037515 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Stony Point
Inventory numbers: TN 37026040003 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32562 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2011): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2012): 860

Surgoinsville Bridge

Posted September 5, 2011, by Kay Matthews Davis (kaydavisnc [at] gmail [dot] com)

Built by Edward N Matthews & Son