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Nonconnah Creek US 61 Bridge

Shelby County, Tennessee
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Side view from the South

Photo taken by David Backlin in April 2009

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Nonconnah Creek and Illinois Central Railroad on US 61 (TN 14) just south of I-55 in Memphis
Location
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1929
Design
K-Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 141.7 ft.
Total length: 787.2 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.07417, -90.05778   (decimal degrees)
35°04'27" N, 90°03'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/768280/3885228 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Southwest Memphis
Inventory numbers
TN 79SR0140006 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32702 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2011)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 36.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
40,480

Categories 

Built 1929 (670)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Have street view (9,908)
K-Parker truss (65)
K-Truss (77)
Memphis, Tennessee (14)
Open (28,320)
 Owned by state (9,810)
Shelby County, Tennessee (22)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,955)
Tennessee (772)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,575)
US 61 (61)

Update Log 

  • April 11, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • April 13, 2009: New photos from David Backlin
  • April 9, 2009: Updated by David Backlin: Revised description

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Nonconnah Creek US 61 Bridge
Posted April 11, 2010, by D. W. Adams (weetbixmarmite [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I drove over this bridge last weekend on my way to the self-service salvage yard and decided to stop and take some pictures. The truss is actually over the railroad yard, but another span of the bridge crosses the creek. This bridge seems to have a near-twin on Highway 100 over the Harpeth River southwest of Nashville, built the same year.

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Nonconnah Creek US 61 Bridge
Posted September 14, 2009, by Matthew (blklthrtn [at] aol [dot] com)

The state has decided that they will be replacing both of these bridges as of a news release on 09/11/2009