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Old TN Hwy 55 Bridge
Photos
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)
Update Log
- April 24, 2012: Added by James McCray
Sources
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com