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Old Rugby Bridge
Description
As part of the historic Rugby Community, a toll bridge was built on this site in 1880. When the toll ended, the state built a Howe through truss here, and in 1920, the Howe was replaced by a Warren pony truss which still stands in the pictures above. The Warren truss is considered a contributing element to early motor transportation into and out of the Rugby area, and is eligible for the National Register. It was bypassed with this pre-stressed concrete and steel stringer bridge in 1982.Facts
- Overview
- Warren pony truss bridge over White Oak Creek formerly on State Highway 52
- Location
- Rugby, Morgan County, Tennessee
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1920
- Builder
- - Tennessee Highway Department
- Design
- Warren pony truss
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Rugby Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.35339, -84.69072 (decimal degrees)
36°21'12" N, 84°41'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/707213/4025621 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Rugby
- Inventory number
- BH 45714 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
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Thank you Mr. Sneed for documenting the Warren pony truss bridge over the White Oak as you enter Historic Rugby.
We worked hard to get TDOT to leave the bridge for its historical importance when the 1982 bridge was constructed.