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Tanksley Bridge

Humphreys County, Tennessee
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Tanksley Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in July 2009

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Overview
Abandoned through truss bridge over Duck River on former State Route 13
Location
Humphreys County, Tennessee
Status
Abandoned with one span destroyed by flooding
History
Built 1904 by the Nashville Bridge Co.; bypassed by a new bridge in 1980; one span destroyed by flooding May 2010
Builder
- Nashville Bridge Co. of Nashville, Tennessee
Design
Two 160-foot pin-connected Camelback Pennsylvania through trusses
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 432.5 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Also called
Duck River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.94402, -87.81923   (decimal degrees)
35°56'38" N, 87°49'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/426112/3978049 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Hurricane Mills
Inventory number
BH 42995 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (1,374)
Built 1904 (326)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Duck River (Tennessee) (21)
Have street view (9,908)
Humphreys County, Tennessee (11)
Nashville Bridge Co. (26)
Owned by county (16,492)
 Pennsylvania truss (308)
Pin-connected (1,521)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,955)
Tennessee (772)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,575)

Update Log 

  • May 20, 2010: New Street View added by Cliff Darby
  • May 20, 2010: Scott Monteiro submitted photo showing that one span has been destroyed by flooding
  • July 10, 2009: Added by C Hanchey

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Tanksley Bridge
Posted August 25, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

If you enlarge pic #3 you will see some beautiful portal details...

Would be great if this one could be relocated and restored!