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Elkmont Little River Bridge
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Elkmont Little River Bridge Downstream Side
Steel corrugated galvanized pipe seems to have been added circa 1980
Photo taken by Bob Davis on March 28, 2009
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BH Photo #136220
Description
The Elkmont Bridge is a significant component of the transportation system in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Providing access to the first national park in the southern portion of the United States, this network of roads and bridges is representative of NPS park road design throughout the country. The Elkmont Bridge is a multiple arch steel and stone masonry bridge, composed of four multi-late arches. For additional information on the Elkmont Bridge, see HAER No. TN-35, historical overview, pages 111-113.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Little River on Elkmont Road
- Location
- Sevier County, Tennessee
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1938
- Builder
- - Civilian Conservation Corps
- Design
- Four stone arches
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 24.9 ft.
Total length: 120.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.65472, -83.58056 (decimal degrees)
35°39'17" N, 83°34'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/266385/3948720 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Gatlinburg
- Elevation
- 2198 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
- 1
- Inventory number
- BH 32684 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of June 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 82 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 20, 2018: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- December 26, 2014: HAER photos posted by Dave King
- March 30, 2009: New photos from Bob Davis
Sources
- Bob Davis - bobdaviscfi [at] earthlink [dot] net
- HAER TN-35-S - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Elkmont Vehicle Bridge, Spanning Little River at Elkmont Campground, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net