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Cordell Hull Bridge

Smith County, Tennessee
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Overview
Through truss bridge over Cumberland River on NFA A392 in Carthage
Location
Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Status
Closed to all traffic
Future prospects
Slated for $18 million rehab to be bid in 2011.
History
Built 1934; rehabilitated 1992
Design
3 span continuous through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 315.9 ft.
Total length: 1,412.1 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 2009
Also called
Carthage Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.24840, -85.95471   (decimal degrees)
36°14'54" N, 85°57'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/593914/4012006 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Gordonsville
Inventory numbers
TN 800A3920001 (Tennessee bridge number)
NRHP 09000951 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 32705 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2007)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 4.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
7,600

Categories 

Built 1934 (539)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Carthage, Tennessee (1)
Closed (2,074)
Continuous (902)
Continuous truss (86)
Cumberland River (32)
Have street view (9,908)
K-Parker truss (65)
K-Truss (77)
 NR-listed (2,354)
Navigable waterway (1,449)
Owned by state (9,811)
Smith County, Tennessee (8)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Tennessee (772)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,217)
Truss (23,575)

Update Log 

  • November 19, 2012: New photo from Martha Carver
  • November 12, 2012: New photos from Martha Carver
  • November 21, 2011: Updated by J.P.: bridge listed on nrhp
  • October 25, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated name, rehab plans, and bridge type.
  • April 14, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • March 13, 2010: New photos from James McCray
  • February 6, 2010: New photos from J.P.

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Cordell Hull Bridge
Posted November 12, 2012, by Martha Carver

The Tennessee State Library and Archives has on file at least four nice imgages from 1941 for this bridge. To view, go to their website

http://tnsos.org/tsla/imagesearch/index.php

and in the search box, I would suggest

+carthage +bridge (no "" and use space after carthage)

This will also pull up an image of the bridge that predates this bridge.

Cordell Hull Bridge
Posted October 25, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This bridge is an extremely unusual bridge. It has a design that is similar to the arch cantilever design where a deck truss transitions into a through truss, but this bridge doesn't appear to have a cantilever because the thru truss span has the typical Tennessee hybrid K/Parker truss design.

Elevation views appear to be nearly impossible to get, but here is the best view I could find: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/29972196