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Old TN Hwy 55 Bridge

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Overview (Looking Northeast)

Photo taken by James McCray

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Description 

This bridge seems to be a first of three bridges. The second one (1955) replaced it according to the NBI. The replacement bridge that is there now seems to be a newer bridge than the 1955 one. Either way, this bridge is an ancient relic of a ancient civilization long forgotten.

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned steel stringer bridge over East Fork Mulberry Creek on an abandoned alignment of TN Hwy 55 (Motlow Barn Rd)
Location
Moore County, Tennessee
Status
Abandoned
History
Only info is that the bridge was made obselete in 1955 by the then new TN Hwy 55 bridge.
Design
Steel stringer
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.31405, -86.36043   (decimal degrees)
35°18'51" N, 86°21'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/558137/3908058 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Lynchburg East
Inventory number
BH 52208 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (1,370)
Beam (6,038)
Moore County, Tennessee (2)
Steel stringer (2,323)
Tennessee (770)

Update Log 

  • April 24, 2012: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com