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CN - East Kenwood Avenue Overpass

Tipton County, Tennessee

Photos 

Through, view to the Northwest

Photo taken by Martha Carver, 2011

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BH Photo #241022

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge under Railroad on East Kenwood Avenue
Location
Brighton, Tipton County, Tennessee
History
Built 1950
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
Concrete Arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 35.1 ft.
Total length: 41.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.48361, -89.72500   (decimal degrees)
35°29'01" N, 89°43'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/252780/3930089 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brighton
Average daily traffic (as of 1999)
1,390
Inventory numbers
TN 84014760001 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 47532 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 1999)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,105)
Brighton, Tennessee (3)
Built 1950 (581)
Built during 1950s (3,850)
Canadian National Railway (513)
Deck arch (11,343)
Have street view (26,956)
Illinois Central Railroad (584)
 Open (39,899)
Railroad (15,439)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,674)
Stone arch (3,052)
Tennessee (1,223)
Tipton County, Tennessee (7)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,197)

Update Log 

  • October 5, 2012: Updated by Martha Carver: Bridge is a concrete arch, not a masonry arch
  • October 4, 2011: Updated by Craig Philpott: refined location
  • January 5, 2011: Added by J.P.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Martha Carver - martha_carver [at] bellsouth [dot] net
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East Kenwood Ave Railroad Bridge
Posted October 29, 2013, by AR

At 8' 9," this is the lowest stone arch bridge I can remember seeing on this site. Anyone know of one lower?