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1 3-span Warren cantilevered through truss bridge with polygonal top chords over the French Broad River (Douglass Lake) at Jefferson City, Tennessee

One of 3 cantilevered Warren through truss bridges built after TVA impounded dams on rivers in East Tennessee.

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in August 2008

Overview: 1 3-span Warren cantilevered through truss bridge with polygonal top chords over French Broad River on State Highway 92 in Dandridge
Location: Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee
Status: Open to traffic, scheduled for replacement
Future prospects: Scheduled for replacement
History: Built 1942-1944; rehabilitated 1962, repair work scheduled March 1, 2010
Builder: - Nashville Bridge Co. of Nashville, Tennessee
Design: One three-span cantilevered continuous Warren through truss with polygonal top chords and five steel I-beams.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 333.0 ft.
Total length: 1,466.9 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Also called: Dr. James D. Hoskins-H.B. Jarnigan Bridge
French Broad Iron Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.01000, -83.41167 (decimal degrees)
36°00'36" N, 83°24'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/282649/3987747 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Jefferson City
Inventory numbers: TN 45SR0920005 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32578 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2011): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 31.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 2,880