Photos
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Holston River Bridge From north shore, Holston River Bridge on State Highway 36. The newer bridge is to the left. Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in June 2006 |
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Old Concrete Bridge on Right, Newer Steel I-Beam Bridge on Left Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008 |
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Newer Steel I-Beam Bridge The newer bridge carries two lanes of northbound traffic. Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008 |
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Close Up of Concrete River Span The former two-lane bridge, that now carries two lanes of traffic southbound. Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008 |
Facts
- Overview
- Three-span concrete arch bridge over South Holston River on State Highway 36 (southbound)
- Location
- Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee
- Status
- Open to two lanes of southbound traffic
- History
- Built ca. 1930; later converted for southbound traffic after parallel bridge built
- Design
- Original Bridge: Open-spandrel concrete arch
Newer Bridge: Concrete Deck I-Beam Girder - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 236.9 ft.
Total length: 916.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.49778, -82.51250 (decimal degrees)
36°29'52" N, 82°30'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/364539/4040225 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Sullivan Gardens
- Inventory number
- BH 32713 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 06/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 37.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 28,940
Update Log
- August 3, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed
- July 29, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed
- July 8, 2008: New photos from Calvin Sneed
- July 7, 2008: New photo from Calvin Sneed
- July 4, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed
Comments
Hammond Bridge
Good to see it's still standing OK and still in use. My father, R H H Blackwell, built it back in 29. Enclosed is a picture of him taken at just about the same spot as the present day photo was taken. The forms were being built for the piers and the base of one of the arches.
Bill Blackwell
