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NS - Love's Creek Road Overpass

Knox County, Tennessee

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Love's Creek Road Underpass South Side

Very Low (7'7") Underpasss takes vehicles under Southern Railway

Photo taken by Bob Davis on February 26, 2009

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BH Photo #134342

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Closed spandrel concrete arch bridge under Norfolk-Southern Railroad on Loves Creek Road in Knoxville
Location
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
History
Built 1915
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
Design
Closed-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 23.0 ft.
Total length: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 7.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.01817, -83.85965   (decimal degrees)
36°01'05" N, 83°51'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/242292/3989747 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
John Sevier
Average daily traffic (as of 1999)
5,290
Inventory numbers
TN 470A1220005 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 40016 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 1998)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,157)
Built 1915 (1,233)
Built during 1910s (9,675)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,027)
Deck arch (11,394)
Have street view (27,065)
Knox County, Tennessee (57)
Knoxville, Tennessee (37)
 Norfolk Southern Railway (1,948)
Open (39,977)
Owned by railroad (12,498)
Railroad (15,601)
Southern Railway (365)
Span length under 25 feet (6,908)
Tennessee (1,226)
Total length under 25 feet (2,505)

Update Log 

  • November 13, 2013: New photo from Shane Passmore
  • June 9, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • February 27, 2009: Added by Bob Davis

Sources 

  • Bob Davis - bobdaviscfi [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Shane Passmore - aa5te [dot] kb5ehr [at] gmail [dot] com

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