Bridge From Library.JPG
View from the steps behind the library.
Photo taken by Christopher McCarter in August 2007
BH Photo #139118
This is Dandridge, TN
Matt,I agree about PennDOT and the way they operate.Didn't know Tennessee was that bad.By the way,I live in Pa.
Given its treatment of its historic bridges, TDOT should change their name to TennDOT, since it sounds just like PennDOT!
I visited this bridge September 15th, 2017. Construction is well underway on the new bridge, though I don't anticipate completion until 2018
Attached is a TVA photograph of the original Dandridge bridge, replaced in 1942 by the current bridge. It was east of the present bridge. The view are from the south end, looking across the river toward Dandridge. Portions of this bridge were salvaged and re-used in Sevier County below Douglas Dam. The road to Chestnut Hill was not yet part of state route #92.
This bridge replaced the original Dandridge Bridge when Douglas Dam was built, which, in turn, replaced an earlier ferry. A replacement bridge will be built immediately west of the present bridge, and will require acquiring some right of way, acquisition of which was underway as of June 2014.
...And this is how Tennessee treats it's historic bridges!