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John T. Cunningham Memorial Bridge

Montgomery County, Tennessee

Photos 

View Of Bridge In Setting, Looking West

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #196526

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost K-Truss through truss bridge over Cumberland River on Old State Route 13
Location
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1925, replaced 1986
Builders
- Gould Contracting Co. of Nashville, Tennessee
- Nashville Bridge Co. of Nashville, Tennessee
Design
K-Truss through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 282.5 ft.
Total length: 1,400.7 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.50273, -87.37848   (decimal degrees)
36°30'10" N, 87°22'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/466105/4039777 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
New Providence
Inventory number
BH 48536 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1925 (1,266)
Built during 1920s (9,879)
Clarksville, Tennessee (6)
Concrete girder (995)
Cumberland River (45)
Girder (10,190)
Gould Contracting Co. (1)
K-Truss (89)
Lost (24,597)
Lost 1986 (157)
Lost during 1980s (1,362)
 Montgomery County, Tennessee (14)
Nashville Bridge Co. (33)
Owned by state (15,904)
Replaced by new bridge (16,483)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
Tennessee (1,221)
Through girder (3,792)
Through truss (15,013)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,881)
Truss (32,701)

Update Log 

  • January 12, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 5, 2020: New photos from Jon Fleenor
  • March 30, 2011: Added by K. A. Erickson

Sources 

  • K. A. Erickson
  • HAER TN-21 - John T. Cunningham Memorial Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, on Old State Route 13, Clarksville, Montgomery, TN
  • Jon Fleenor
  • Geoff Hubbs

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