Henley Street Bridge
Photos
Henley Street Bridge, Downtown Knoxville #47-SR0033-06.72
6 open spandrel dual ribbed concrete arches and 6 concrete deck girls, all on a concrete substructure. Longest open spandrel concrete arch bridge in Tennessee, looking southbound.
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008
Facts
- Overview
- Open spandrel dual ribbed concrete arch 6-span bridge over Tennessee River on U.S. 441 (State Highway 33) in downtown Knoxville #47-SR0033-06.72
- Location
- Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
- Status
- Closed for rehabilitation.
- Future prospects
- Slated for heavy rehabilitation. The arches will remain, but significant quantities of original bridge material will be removed as part of this project. Bridge will be widened, and original railings will be replicated.
- History
- Built 1930-31
- Builder
- - Marsh Engineering Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
- Design
- Six open-spandrel dual ribbed concrete arches, and six concrete deck girder spans, all on a concrete substructure, with lateral bracing and standard spindle railings.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 316.9 ft.
Total length: 1,793.3 ft.
Deck width: 54.4 ft.
- Also called
- Chapman Highway Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.95681, -83.91824 (decimal degrees)
35°57'24" N, 83°55'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/236806/3983095 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Knoxville
- Inventory numbers
- TN 47SR0330011 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32598 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 02/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 27.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 43,060
Update Log
- November 24, 2012: New Street View added by Ben Tate
- December 20, 2011: New photos from Calvin Sneed
- June 19, 2011: New photos from Calvin Sneed
- January 27, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: New status, added external links and some nice HDR photos from Flickr.
- September 21, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Bridge slated for rehab.
- July 10, 2010: Updated by Calvin Sneed: Updated Street View to show view from shore to shore, not from middle of bridge
- June 28, 2010: Updated by Calvin Sneed: updated exact location of GPS coordinates
- April 14, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
- August 3, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed
- July 4, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed
Sources
- Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
- Henley Bridge Rehabilitation Project Website
- Detailed Historical Narratives - With photos and narrative, this is an extensive documentation.
- Wikipedia
- Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
I just realized that we crossed this bridge back in December of 2010 on our way hoam from Gatlinburg, where we'd almost gotten snoad in! I couldn't tell from the car what a grand crossing it was, but I did take notice of the parapets. I hoap they're able to recreate them in faithful detail.
Thanks, Nathan.
It is my understanding that the arch will still be load-bearing, however as you can see in the photos, very little of the original bridge material will remain: only the arch ring and the substructure.
I was just looking at Mr. Sneed's photographs of the demolition of this structure. I know that the arches are being retained, but will they actually bear any weight or are they just going to be rendered decorative?
This bridge was designed by the Marsh Engineering Company, Des Moines, Iowa
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