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Fort Loudon Bridge

Loudon County, Tennessee
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Two-lane bridge as it crosses the floodgates of Fort Loudon Dam

Bridge rated structurally deficient, scheduled for replacement

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in October 2009

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Overview
Two-lane concrete deck girder bridge anchored to the Fort Loudon Dam, spanning the Tennessee River on US 321/TN 95 in Lenoir City
Location
Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Scheduled for replacement
History
Lenoir City Ferry once existed below dam. Bridge wasn't build on top of dam until much later.
Design
Steel continuous girder and floorbeam system bridge.
Bridge's steel piers are not touching water. They are anchored to the Fort Loudon Dam, shore to shore.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.1 ft.
Total length: 2,270.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Also called
J. Carmichael Greer Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.79055, -84.24287   (decimal degrees)
35°47'26" N, 84°14'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/749179/3964225 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Concord
Inventory numbers
TN 53SR0950007 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 43456 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2011)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 46.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
17,845

Categories 

Built 1961 (137)
Built during 1960s (1,215)
Dam (28)
Deck girder (1,801)
Doomed (803)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Girder (3,238)
Lenoir City, Tennessee (1)
Loudon County, Tennessee (4)
 Open (28,314)
Owned by Tennessee Valley Authority (2)
Owned by federal government (590)
Plate girder (2,251)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Tennessee (770)
Tennessee River (24)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,215)

Update Log 

  • October 4, 2009: Added by Calvin Sneed

Sources 

  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Fort Loudon Bridge
Posted October 19, 2011, by Thad Osborne (tgo1330 [at] comcast [dot] net)

Although Fort Loudon Dam wass built in 1941, this bridge, on State Route 95, was not built until the 1960s. It is called the John Carmichael Greer Bridge and replaced Bussell's Ferry, which was slightly downstream of the dam.