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French Broad River Bridge

Jefferson County, Tennessee
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Overview
Lost through truss bridge over French Broad River on US 25W/US 70/TN 9
Location
Jefferson County, Tennessee
Status
Demolished, replaced by concrete deck girder bridge
History
Built 1933; rehabilitated 1942; replaced 2002
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 280.8 ft.
Total length: 2,561.1 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.03923, -83.33841   (decimal degrees)
36°02'21" N, 83°20'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/289330/3990830 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
White Pine
Inventory numbers
TN 45SR0090015 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32577 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2000)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 6.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1999)
6,450

Categories 

Built 1933 (468)
Built during 1930s (8,548)
Jefferson County, Tennessee (13)
Lost (10,351)
Lost 2002 (413)
Lost during 2000s (3,090)
Owned by state (9,803)
Replaced by new bridge (7,130)
 Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Structurally deficient (16,674)
TN 9 (2)
Tennessee (770)
Through truss (9,200)
Total length over 2500 feet (587)
Truss (23,559)

Update Log 

  • September 27, 2012: New photo from Martha Carver
  • August 24, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed

Sources 

  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Martha Carver
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French Broad River Bridge on SR9 over French Broad River
Posted September 5, 2008, by Thad Osborne (tgo1330 [at] comcast [dot] net)

This bridge was originally built to replace Hayes Ferry crossing the river at this point. During the construction of Douglas Dam in 1942 it was extensively rebuilt including several concrete appproach spans on the east end. Only one steel span was retained.

Very recently a new concrete bridge was constructed by Britton Bridge Co to replace it, and the old bridge was removed.