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Highway 68 Watts Bar Dam Bridge

Meigs County, Tennessee, and Rhea County, Tennessee
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Highway 68 Bridge Spanning Watts Bar Dam

Also known as the "Aubrey J 'Red' Wagner Bridge," named after TVA's longest serving chairman. Notice the rise in bridge elevation on right, then leveling out, then rise again on left.

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in October 2009

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Overview
Two-lane plate deck girder bridge anchored to Watts Bar Dam, spanning the Tennessee River on State Highway 68. Owned and maintained by the Tennessee Valley Authority
Location
Meigs County, Tennessee, and Rhea County, Tennessee
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Steel continuous girder and floorbeam system bridge.
Bridge steel piers do not touch water. They are anchored to the Watts Bar Dam, shore to shore.
Dimensions
Total length: 2,359.9 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 29.8 ft.
Also called
Aubrey J. "Red" Wagner Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.62161, -84.78025   (decimal degrees)
35°37'18" N, 84°46'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/701028/3944249 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Decatur
Inventory number
BH 43457 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1956 (195)
Built during 1950s (2,382)
Deck girder (1,796)
Girder (3,230)
Have street view (9,883)
Meigs County, Tennessee (7)
Open (28,297)
 Owned by Tennessee Valley Authority (2)
Owned by federal government (590)
Plate girder (2,245)
Rhea County, Tennessee (3)
Tennessee (770)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,210)

Update Log 

  • May 3, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • October 4, 2009: Added by Calvin Sneed

Sources 

  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu

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