Tennessee Website Statistics

All Bridges

Total listed Tennessee bridges: 759
Bridges with photos: 554 (73.0%)
Bridges with Street View: 325 (42.8%)
Bridges with GPS coordinates: 744 (98.0%)
Total photos: 9,456

Extant Bridges

Extant bridges: 613 (80.8% of all)
Bridges with photos: 460 (75.0% of extant)
Bridges with Street View: 272 (44.4% of extant)
Bridges with GPS coordinates: 603 (98.4% of extant)

Lost Bridges

Lost bridges: 108 (14.2% of all)
Bridges with photos: 64 (59.3% of lost)
Bridges with GPS coordinates: 104 (96.3% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

CSX Boiling Fork Stone Arch Bridge (Franklin County, built 1851, open to traffic)
Little Chucky Creek Stone Arch Bridge (Greene County, built 1858, open to traffic)
Old Stone Bridge (Lincoln County, built 1861, destroyed by flood)
Harrisburg Covered Bridge (Sevier County, built 1875, open to traffic)
Cowley Bridge (Lincoln County, built 1878, open to pedestrians)
Old Dobbs Ford Bridge (Bradley County, built 1878, closed to all traffic)
Old Cincinnati Southern New River Railroad Bridge (Scott County, built 1879, abandoned)
Doe River Covered Bridge (Carter County, built 1882, open to pedestrians)
Kings Mill Bridge (Meigs County, built 1884, open to traffic)
Morris Mill Bridge (Giles County, built 1884, abandoned)

By Design

Arch: 251 (33.1%)
- Deck arch: 186 (24.5%)
  - Brick arch: 2 (0.3%)
  - Closed-spandrel arch: 111 (14.6%)
  - Luten arch: 12 (1.6%)
  - Open-spandrel arch: 11 (1.4%)
  - Ribbed closed-spandrel arch: 8 (1.1%)
  - Steel arch: 3 (0.4%)
  - Stone arch: 24 (3.2%)
- Through arch: 8 (1.1%)
  - Concrete through arch: 2 (0.3%)
  - Steel through arch: 4 (0.5%)
Beam: 112 (14.8%)
- Stringer: 54 (7.1%)
  - Concrete stringer: 5 (0.7%)
  - Steel stringer: 35 (4.6%)
  - Timber stringer: 12 (1.6%)
- Concrete tee beam: 52 (6.9%)
Culvert: 12 (1.6%)
- Stone culvert: 1 (0.1%)
Ferry: 2 (0.3%)
Rigid frame: 3 (0.4%)
- Concrete rigid frame: 2 (0.3%)
- Steel rigid frame: 1 (0.1%)
Girder: 35 (4.6%)
- Deck girder: 26 (3.4%)
  - Concrete deck girder: 9 (1.2%)
  - Deck plate girder: 15 (2.0%)
- Pony/through girder: 5 (0.7%)
  - Concrete pony/through girder: 1 (0.1%)
  - Pony/through plate girder: 4 (0.5%)
Other: 5 (0.7%)
Slab: 13 (1.7%)
Suspension: 1 (0.1%)
- Cable-stayed: 1 (0.1%)
Truss: 280 (36.9%)
- Bedstead pony truss: 4 (0.5%)
  - Bedstead Pratt pony truss: 3 (0.4%)
  - Bedstead Warren pony truss: 1 (0.1%)
- Deck truss: 19 (2.5%)
  - Baltimore deck truss: 1 (0.1%)
  - Double-intersection Warren deck truss: 1 (0.1%)
  - Pratt deck truss: 3 (0.4%)
  - Warren deck truss: 11 (1.4%)
    - Warren deck truss with all verticals: 1 (0.1%)
- Pony truss: 63 (8.3%)
  - Double-intersection Warren pony truss: 2 (0.3%)
  - Howe pony truss: 1 (0.1%)
  - Kingpost pony truss: 2 (0.3%)
  - Polygonal Warren pony truss: 3 (0.4%)
  - Pratt pony truss: 22 (2.9%)
  - Half-hip Pratt pony truss: 3 (0.4%)
  - Warren pony truss: 19 (2.5%)
    - Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 2 (0.3%)
- Through truss: 194 (25.6%)
  - Baltimore through truss: 3 (0.4%)
  - Bowstring through truss: 1 (0.1%)
  - Burr arch-truss: 1 (0.1%)
  - Camelback through truss: 15 (2.0%)
  - Howe through truss: 2 (0.3%)
  - K-Parker through truss: 6 (0.8%)
  - K-Truss through truss: 2 (0.3%)
  - Kingpost through truss: 1 (0.1%)
  - Lattice through truss: 1 (0.1%)
    - Quadrangular lattice through truss: 1 (0.1%)
  - Parker through truss: 20 (2.6%)
  - Pennsylvania through truss: 7 (0.9%)
  - Polygonal Warren through truss: 12 (1.6%)
    - Polygonal Warren through truss with alternating verticals: 1 (0.1%)
    - Polygonal Warren through truss with sub-panels: 1 (0.1%)
    - Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals: 3 (0.4%)
  - Pratt through truss: 66 (8.7%)
  - Queenpost through truss: 2 (0.3%)
  - Warren through truss: 31 (4.1%)
    - Warren through truss with sub-panels: 1 (0.1%)
    - Warren through truss with all verticals: 8 (1.1%)
  - Whipple through truss: 1 (0.1%)
Tunnel: 35 (4.6%)
Unknown: 10 (1.3%)