Top Ranked Tennessee Bridges

Old TN 100 Bridge (Davidson County, Tennessee)
Rated 99% with 2 votes
Lost Parker through truss bridge over South Harpeth River on Old Harding Rd. (Old TN 100) in Nashville
Destroyed by flooding in May 2010
This span was one of four trusses on Nashville's 1889 Bordeaux Bridge over the Cumberland River constructed by the Mt. Vernon Bridge Co.; Relocated in 1917 in current location by the Nashville Bridge Co.
CSX Underpass Road Tunnel (Marshall County, Tennessee)
Rated 99% with 2 votes
Concrete closed-spandrel arch tunnel under CSX Railroad tracks on Underpass Road (old State Highway 11)
Open to traffic
Old Central Holston Bridge (Sullivan County, Tennessee)
Rated 99% with 2 votes
Abandoned Camelback and Pratt through truss bridge over South Fork Holston River
Abandoned
Built 1903 by the Cope Bridge Company; Closed in 1983
Laurelburg Bridge (Van Buren County, Tennessee)
Rated 99% with 2 votes
Abandoned Warren pony truss bridge over Rocky River on abandoned section of Laurelburg Road
Abandoned
Built 1915
Elk Gap Norfolk-Southern Tunnel (Campbell County, Tennessee)
Rated 98% with 4 votes
Inactive tunnel under Elk Gap on former Norfolk Southern Railroad
Intact but closed to all traffic
Served as N-S spur connection to CSX main line near Jellico
Sycamore Mills Bridge (Cheatham County, Tennessee)
Rated 98% with 3 votes
Abandoned cable-stayed bridge over Sycamore Creek on an abandoned county road once used to service Sycamore Mills
Abandoned, but nearby residents have constructed a patio deck on the western end of the bridge.
Built 1891. Perhaps the only 19th Century fixed wrought iron cable stayed bridge in America.
Abandoned 70 Arch Bridge (Davidson County, Tennessee)
Rated 98% with 2 votes
Abandoned stone arch bridge over Brown Creek on old U.S. 70
Abandoned
Flat Branch Creek Stone Arch Bridge (Grundy County, Tennessee)
Rated 98% with 2 votes
Abandoned stone round arch bridge over Scott Creek
Abandoned
Built by local builder A.J. Lockhart in 1898 for $620, abandoned with realignment of the road in 1979.
Ooltewah Harrison Road Tunnel (Hamilton County, Tennessee)
Rated 98% with 2 votes
Arch bridge over Ooltewah Harrison Road on Norfolk Southern Railway

Built 1910
Carmack Road Railroad Bridge (Lauderdale County, Tennessee)
Rated 98% with 2 votes
Arch bridge over Carmack Road

Built 1903
Harahan Bridge (Shelby County, Tennessee)
Rated 98% with 3 votes
Cantilevered through truss railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis
Open to railroad traffic on two tracks; road deck abandoned
Completed 1916 under the direction of engineer Ralph Modjeski
Old Mail Road Bridge (Cumberland County, Tennessee)
Rated 97% with 2 votes
Stone arch bridge over Byrds Creek on Old Mail Road in Cumberland Mountain State Park
Open to traffic
Built 1937, located within the National Register-listed Cumberland Homesteads Historic District
Tennessee River Railroad Bridge (Hamilton County, Tennessee)
Rated 97% with 2 votes
Vertical lift through truss bridge over Tennessee River on the Norfolk Southern Railway in Chattanooga
Open to railroad traffic
Built 1920
Bearden's Mill Bridge (Lincoln County, Tennessee)
Rated 97% with 2 votes
Abandoned parker through truss bridge over Elk River on an abandoned section of River Road about 50 yards east of the intersection of River Rd. and William Battle Blvd. in Fayetteville
Abandoned
Frisco Bridge (Shelby County, Tennessee)
Rated 97% with 4 votes
Cantilevered through truss railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis
Open to railroad traffic
Completed May 12, 1892, under the direction of engineer George S. Morison
Sligo Bridge (De Kalb County, Tennessee)
Rated 96% with 2 votes
Five-span Parker through truss bridge over Caney Fork on US 70
Open to traffic, scheduled for demolition
Original Camelback bridge spans replaced and elevated with Parker spans in 1948 when river was impounded. Bridge now scheduled for demolition and replacement
Walnut Street Bridge (Hamilton County, Tennessee)
Rated 96% with 3 votes
Six-span through truss bridge over the Tennessee River on Walnut Street in Chattanooga
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1889-91
Old U.S. 64 Brush Creek Bridge (Polk County, Tennessee)
Rated 96% with 3 votes
Abandoned Pratt through truss bridge over Brush Creek on Pre 1967 alignment of US Highway 64
Abandoned
Built on the old 2-lane alignment of U.S. 64, abandoned and left in place when new alignment in 1967 was built higher, 1/4 mile downstream
CSX Reliance Hiwassee River Bridge (Polk County, Tennessee)
Rated 96% with 2 votes
Deck plate girder bridge over Hiwassee River on private railroad (former CSX Railroad Spur)
Open to traffic
Built in 1890 on the old "Hook & Eye" route from Etowah to Copperhill, TN
Hammond Memorial Bridge (Sullivan County, Tennessee)
Rated 96% with 2 votes
Three-span open spandrel concrete arch bridge over South Holston River on State Highway 36 (southbound)
Structurally deficient, meets minimum tolerable limits to be left in place as is
Built 1929 to replace an earlier steel truss bridge near the old Pactolus Ferry; later converted to southbound traffic after parallel bridge built in 1969
Butler Bridge (Sumner County, Tennessee)
Rated 96% with 2 votes
Abandoned pony truss bridge on an old alignment of TN 52 and Butler Bridge Road
Abandoned
East Kenwood Ave Railroad Bridge (Tipton County, Tennessee)
Rated 96% with 2 votes
Concrete arch bridge under Railroad on East Kenwood Avenue

Built 1950
Dodson Bridge (White County, Tennessee)
Rated 96% with 2 votes
Riveted Pratt through truss bridge over Caney Fork River on Big Bottom Rd (CR 2190)
Demolished 7 a.m., Aug. 17, 2011
Built 1924; rehabilitated 1930
Glaze's Ford/Smith Bridge (Washington County, Tennessee)
Rated 95% with 3 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over Nolichucky River
Closed to all traffic
Built in 1901 at Glaze's Ford, flood damage repaired and strengthened in 1912-1913, closed in 1983 and left intact on private property
Unknown just north of the Conasauga River Bridge (Bradley County, Tennessee)
Rated 94% with 2 votes
Abandoned pratt pony truss bridge over Mill Creek on possible former alignment of Spring Place Road
Abandoned
Built around 1900?
Gay Street Bridge (Knox County, Tennessee)
Rated 94% with 5 votes
5-span continuous Pratt deck-arched cantilevered truss
Open to traffic
Built 1897, reconditioned 2004
Mount Olive Bridge (Perry County, Tennessee)
Rated 94% with 2 votes
Abandoned through truss bridge over Buffalo River on Old TN Highway 13
Abandoned
Built 1913
CNO&TP Tunnel 15 (Scott County, Tennessee)
Rated 94% with 3 votes
Abandoned tunnel on Abandoned Railroad
Derelict/abandoned
Bored in 1877, lined and finished in 1879. Cincinnati construction crews and Chattanooga construction crews met with the building of the tracks in the center of this tunnel.
CNO&TP Tunnel 13 (Scott County, Tennessee)
Rated 94% with 3 votes
Abandoned tunnel on Abandoned Railroad
Derelict/abandoned
Built 1877
Hernando DeSoto Bridge (Shelby County, Tennessee)
Rated 94% with 2 votes
Two-span steel through arch bridge over the Mississippi River on I-40 at Memphis
Open to traffic
Built 1973
Hatchie Bridge (Haywood County, Tennessee)
Rated 93% with 3 votes
Abandoned through truss bridge over the Hatchie River on Hatchie Station Road, off Hwy 138
Abandoned
Built 1929
Kettle Mill Bridge (Maury County, Tennessee)
Rated 93% with 2 votes
Abandoned pennsylvania through truss bridge over Duck River on former Kettle Mills Road
Abandoned
Built 1904 by the Nashville Bridge Co.; bypassed by new bridge in 1960; approach span destroyed by May 2010 flood
CSX Boiling Fork Stone Arch Bridge (Franklin County, Tennessee)
Rated 92% with 3 votes
Spectacular stone arch bridge over Boiling Fork Creek on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1851 as wooden trestle, replaced with stone arch bridge around turn of century
Backbone Rock Tunnel (Johnson County, Tennessee)
Rated 92% with 4 votes
Tunnel under Backbone Rock on TN 133 between Damascus VA and Shady Valley TN, Tennessee
Open to traffic
Cut in 1901, taken over by Park Service.
Pearl City Bridge (Lincoln County, Tennessee)
Rated 92% with 2 votes
Abandoned parker through truss bridge over Elk River on Dyer Road
Abandoned
Built 1919
Hogskin Creek Bridge (Grainger County, Tennessee)
Rated 91% with 3 votes
Unique Parker (Camelback) truss bridge over Hogskin Creek on Black Fox Road (County Road 25) Closed to Vehicular Traffic
Closed to vehicular traffic, open to pedestrian traffic
Originally built in 1916-17 as State Highway 33 bridge across Clinch River in Union County, relocated to Hogskin Creek in 1935 when Norris Lake was impounded.
CSX Running Water Trestle (Marion County, Tennessee)
Rated 91% with 4 votes
Massive steel plate girder trestle over Running Water Creek and I-24 on CSX Railroad, west of Chattanooga
Open to rail traffic
Built 1968
Hickman Creek Bridge (Smith County, Tennessee)
Rated 91% with 2 votes
Two-span arch bridge over Hickman Creek on Potter Rd (NFA A174)
Open to traffic
Built 1925 by Bell & Bell
Old Rankin Bridge (Cocke County, Tennessee)
Rated 90% with 3 votes
6 span Pratt through truss design bridge over French Broad River on Rankin Road
Closed to all traffic
Firescald Creek Stone Arch Bridge (Grundy County, Tennessee)
Rated 90% with 4 votes
Rare masonry stone arch bridge over Firescald Creek
Closed to all traffic
Built in 1906 for $547.45, bypassed in 1970 when new bridge was built, now preserved as part of a roadside park
Bachman Tunnels (Hamilton County, Tennessee)
Rated 90% with 7 votes
Tunnels under Missonary Ridge on U.S. 41 and U.S. 76 (State Highway 8)
Open to traffic
Built 1929
Old Stewart Creek Bridge (Rutherford County, Tennessee)
Rated 90% with 3 votes
Pony truss bridge over lyttle creek on pedestrian trail
Open to pedestrians
Was first iron bridge built in Rutherford County, Orginally crossed Stewarts creek between Murfreesboro and Smyra on the turnpike
Old Cincinnati Southern New River Railroad Bridge (Scott County, Tennessee)
Rated 90% with 4 votes
Abandoned Pratt deck truss bridge over New River once carried Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway's Cincinnati Southern Railroad (later Norfolk Southern), before being bypassed
Abandoned
Built in 1879 by the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway, for its Cincinnati Southern Line (later sold to Norfolk Southern Railway)
Old Dobbs Ford Bridge (Bradley County, Tennessee)
Rated 89% with 3 votes
Pratt pony truss bridge over Candies Creek on golf cart track
Closed to all traffic
Built 1878, moved to the present site in 1990
Lenox Bridge (Dyer County, Tennessee)
Rated 89% with 2 votes
Pratt swing pony truss bridge, pin-connected, originally spanning Obion River on CR S8025 west of Lenox
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1917 by the Vincennes Bridge Co.; damaged by overweight load in 1978; dismanted 1985; relocated 1987-88
Old Lea Bridge (Hamilton County, Tennessee)
Rated 88% with 2 votes
Pratt pony truss bridge over Wolftever Creek on Collegedale Greenway
Open to pedestrians
Built 1886, moved to present location sometime in the late 1990's
Cowley Bridge (Lincoln County, Tennessee)
Rated 88% with 7 votes
Bowstring through truss bridge over Elk River on West Stevens Creek Road
Open to pedestrian traffic only
Built by the King Iron Bridge Co. in 1878 for $8,000, the only Bowstring truss bridge in the state of Tennessee. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Sandy Hook Bridge (Maury County, Tennessee)
Rated 88% with 2 votes
Arch bridge over Big Bigby Branch on Old Hwy 43 (NFA A358)
Open to traffic
Built 1916 by W.B. King
Falls Mill Arch Bridge (Franklin County, Tennessee)
Rated 86% with 4 votes
Abandoned stone arch bridge over Factory Creek on Old Salem-Lexie Road
Abandoned
Built in 1914, replacing 2 pedestrian bridges dating back to the 1830's
Morris Mill Bridge (Giles County, Tennessee)
Rated 86% with 2 votes
Abandoned warren pony truss bridge over Big Creek on Old Cambellsville Road (Former Alignment)
Abandoned
Built 1884 as two span. One span flooded out and replaced with stringer span.
Easley Ford Bridge (Polk County, Tennessee)
Rated 86% with 4 votes
Open spandrel arch bridge over Conasauga River on Easley Ford Rd.
Open to traffic
Built 1923-24 by the Roehl and Steel Company
Market Street Bridge (Hamilton County, Tennessee)
Rated 85% with 6 votes
Bascule bridge over Tennessee River on Market Street (State Highway 8) in Chattanooga
Rehabilitated in 2006
Built 1917
West Fork Hickory Creek Bridge (Warren County, Tennessee)
Rated 85% with 2 votes
Two-span arch bridge over West Fork Hickory Creek on NFA A425
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1922 by the Nashville Bridge Company, a company that more commonly built truss bridges rather than concrete arches
Turnpike Bridge (Davidson County, Tennessee)
Rated 84% with 2 votes
Abandoned bridge on an abandoned section of the Louisville & Nashville Turnpike (Old Stone Bridge Rd.) in Goodlettsville
Abandoned
Built ca. 1837-1849 as part of the former Louisville & Nashville Turnpike
Tennessee Southern Railroad Elk River Bridge (Giles County, Tennessee)
Rated 84% with 4 votes
Through truss bridge over Elk River on Tennessee Southern Railroad in Prospect
Closed to all traffic
Morris Mill Bridge (Giles County, Tennessee)
Rated 84% with 7 votes
Abandoned warren pony truss bridge over Big Creek
Abandoned
Built 1884 by the Penn Bridge Works; Closed to traffic in 1980's
CNO&TP Tunnel 14 (Scott County, Tennessee)
Rated 84% with 2 votes
Tunnel on Abandoned Railroad/Creek
Intact but closed to all traffic
Bored in solid limestone in 1877. Taken out of service sometime in the 1930's. Tunnel floor was lowered and the creek re-routed through it to prevent the rail re-alignment from having to have two new bridges.
Airport Highway Bridge (Sullivan County, Tennessee)
Rated 84% with 2 votes
Lost camelback through truss bridge over South Fork Holston River on State Highway 75
Demolished, replaced by concrete tee-beam bridge
Built 1938, closed 2010, demolished 2011
Little Chucky Creek Stone Arch Bridge (Greene County, Tennessee)
Rated 83% with 3 votes
Stone arch bridge over Little Chucky Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1858
Marion Memorial Bridge (Marion County, Tennessee)
Rated 83% with 4 votes
2 Parker K-Hybrid Camelback through trusses, and 2 Warren through trusses with Polygonal top chords, all riveted, over Nickajack Lake (Tennessee River)
Functionally obsolete, closed permanently January 9, 2012
Built 1929; tolls removed 1947; rehabilitated 1966, and raised 21 feet higher when Nickajack Lake was impounded. Closed permanently January 9, 2012
Old Cedar Grove Road Bridge (Robertson County, Tennessee)
Rated 83% with 2 votes
Abandoned pratt pony truss bridge over South Fork Red River on a closed section of Old Cedar Grove Road
Abandoned
Rock Island Railroad Bridge (Warren County, Tennessee)
Rated 83% with 2 votes
Warren deck truss bridge over Caney Fork River on Caney Fork & Western Railroad
Open to traffic
Tanksley Bridge (Humphreys County, Tennessee)
Rated 82% with 2 votes
Abandoned through truss bridge over Duck River on former State Route 13
Abandoned with one span destroyed by flooding
Built 1904 by the Nashville Bridge Co.; bypassed by a new bridge in 1980; one span destroyed by flooding May 2010
Cordell Hull Bridge (Smith County, Tennessee)
Rated 82% with 3 votes
Through truss bridge over Cumberland River on NFA A392 in Carthage
Closed to all traffic
Built 1934; rehabilitated 1992
Byrds Creek Bridge (Cumberland County, Tennessee)
Rated 81% with 3 votes
7-span stone arch bridge over dam that impounds Byrds Creek on State Highway 419 in Cumberland Mountain State Park
Open to traffic
Built 1936, located within the National Register-listed Cumberland Homesteads Historic District
Old Elkton Bridge (Giles County, Tennessee)
Rated 81% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over Elk River on former US 31/TN 7 at Elkton
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1924 by the Montgomery and Parker Co.; bypassed by new bridge in 1959
Henley Street Bridge (Knox County, Tennessee)
Rated 81% with 3 votes
Open spandrel dual ribbed concrete arch 6-span bridge over Tennessee River on U.S. 441 (State Highway 33) in downtown Knoxville #47-SR0033-06.72
Closed for rehabilitation.
Built 1930-31
Hatfield Bridge (Sequatchie County, Tennessee)
Rated 81% with 2 votes
Abandoned Pratt through truss bridge over Sequatchie River
Abandoned
Built 1893, as an alternative to a timber bridge and another iron bridge proposed for this crossing
Old Mulberry Bridge (Lincoln County, Tennessee)
Rated 80% with 2 votes
Camelback through truss bridge over Elk River on Quarter Road
Open to traffic
Built 1901 by the American Bridge Company, Abandoned 1970, 1991 Rehabilitated and reopened
L & N Railroad Swing Bridge (Montgomery County, Tennessee)
Rated 80% with 2 votes
Swing through truss bridge over Cumberland River at Clarksville
Open to traffic
Built 1891 by the Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co.
Old Hooker Road Bridge (Hamilton County, Tennessee)
Rated 79% with 3 votes
Abandoned polygonal Warren pony truss bridge over Chattanooga Creek on old alignment of Hooker Road
Abandoned
Bypassed by new bridge in 1985
CSX Railroad Bridge (Lawrence County, Tennessee)
Rated 79% with 2 votes
Pony truss bridge over CSX Railroad on NFA 1761
Open to traffic
Built 1942
Sowell Mill Bridge (Maury County, Tennessee)
Rated 79% with 2 votes
Arch bridge over Duck River on Sowell Mill Pike (NFA 1903) in Columbia
Open to traffic
Built 1925
Hannah Ward Bridge (Giles County, Tennessee)
Rated 78% with 3 votes
Abandoned pennsylvania through truss bridge over Elk River on Hannah Ward Bridge Road
Abandoned
Built 1902, abandoned as a "Historic Ruin" in 1988.
Collins River Bridge (Warren County, Tennessee)
Rated 78% with 5 votes
Parker through truss bridge over Collins River on Old TN 287
Closed to all traffic
Larger of the truss spans once apart of the Hyde's Ferry Bridge (Bordeaux) Bridge in Davidson County, but the Nashville Bridge Co. relocated one of the truss spans to the Collins River site in 1924 to be apart of the Collins River Bridge.
Kings Mill Bridge (Meigs County, Tennessee)
Rated 77% with 5 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over Sewee Creek on Big Sewee Road
Open to traffic
Built 1884 by the Champion Bridge Co.
Clinchfield Holston Tunnel (Sullivan County, Tennessee)
Rated 77% with 2 votes
Tunnel under Holston Ridge on CSX (formerly Clinchfield) Railroad
Open to traffic
Built as part of the O & W's Speers Ferry, VA to Johnson City, TN segment, tunnel rehabilitated 1927
Southern Railway Apison Tunnel (Hamilton County, Tennessee)
Rated 76% with 3 votes
Brick and stone arch bridge over tributary of Chestnut Creek on Norfolk Southern Railway
Open to traffic
Built around 1900
Time Line Bridge (Piney Creek Bridge) (Cumberland County, Tennessee)
Rated 75% with 2 votes
Concrete open spandrel deck arch bridge (3 spandrel ribs) over Piney Creek on U.S. 70
Open to traffic
Built 1929-31; rehabilitated 1978
Neal Branch Bridge (Wilson County, Tennessee)
Rated 74% with 2 votes
Arch bridge over Neal Branch on NFA A282
Open to traffic
Built 1915
Norfolk Southern Tennessee River Bridge at Knoxville (Knox County, Tennessee)
Rated 73% with 2 votes
Pratt through truss bridge, with Warren deck truss approaches over Tennessee River, Neyland Drive on Norfolk Southern Railroad
Open to traffic
Built piers Pre-Civil War, covered wood main span completed 1867, steel pin joints installed 1903
Obion River Bridge (Obion County, Tennessee)
Rated 73% with 4 votes
Through truss bridge over Obion River on TN 211 at Obion
Closed to all traffic about 1990
Built 1928 and operated as toll bridge until 1939
Natchez Trace Parkway Arch Bridge (Williamson County, Tennessee)
Rated 73% with 13 votes
Concrete double-arch segmental bridge on the Natchez Trace Parkway at Birdsong Hollow in Williamson County Tennessee
Open to traffic
Built 1995 to bridge the gap over the Little South Fork of the Harpeth River and State Highway 96, one of the last segments to be built on the Natchez Trace Parkway
CSX Cumberland Swing Bridge (Davidson County, Tennessee)
Rated 72% with 3 votes
Camelback through truss bridge over Cumberland River on CSX Railroad in downtown Nashville
Open to traffic
Built 1916 by the Fort Pitt Bridge Works to handle N.C. & St. L's Louisville to Birmingham line (bypass bridge 7 miles upriver)
Little Chucky Creek Bridge (Greene County, Tennessee)
Rated 72% with 2 votes
Arch bridge over Little Chucky Creek on NFA A988 in Greeneville
Open to traffic
Built 1921
Hiwassee River Railroad Bridge (Polk County, Tennessee)
Rated 72% with 2 votes
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Hiwassee River on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic
Riley Adcock Rd Bridge (Davidson County, Tennessee)
Rated 71% with 2 votes
Pratt pony truss bridge on Riley Adcock Rd
Open to traffic