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Barren Fork River Bridge

Warren County, Tennessee
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East Shore to West Shore, underneath easternmost span

4 Warren (PTC) through truss spans over Barren Fork River on State Highway 286. Welcome to Middle Tennessee, where most "Camelback" Warren Through Truss Bridges go to die.

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in October 2009

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Overview
Lost Four-span Through Camelback, Subdivided Warren Trusses (PTC) over Barren Fork River on State Highway 286
Location
McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1930; rehabilitated 1971, rep;aced 2009
Builder
- Tennessee State Highway Department
Design
Four-span Through Camelback, Subdivided Warren Trusses with Polygonal Top Chords
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 142.0 ft.
Total length: 768.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.68083, -85.78111   (decimal degrees)
35°40'51" N, 85°46'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/610299/3949233 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
McMinnville
Inventory numbers
TN 89033930001 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32719 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2009)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 44.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
6,220

Categories 

Barren Fork River (3)
Built during 1930s (8,553)
Functionally obsolete (7,038)
Have street view (9,889)
Lost (10,359)
Lost 2009 (165)
Lost during 2000s (3,091)
McMinnville, Tennessee (4)
Owned by state (9,807)
Replaced by new bridge (7,133)
 Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Tennessee (770)
Tennessee State Highway Department (19)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,566)
Warren County, Tennessee (14)
Warren through truss (926)
Warren through truss with all verticals (143)
Warren truss (3,957)

Update Log 

  • July 23, 2011: Updated by C Hanchey: Bridge has been replaced
  • August 25, 2010: New photos from Calvin Sneed
  • July 10, 2010: New Street View added by Calvin Sneed
  • February 1, 2010: Updated by Calvin Sneed: Updated Polygonal Top Chords from records
  • December 31, 2009: Updated by Calvin Sneed: Actually, T-DOT's Region 1 Resident Bridge Engineer says these are Through Camelback, Subdivided Warren Trusses. I sent a picture for confirmation.
  • December 13, 2009: Updated by Matthew Ridpath: This is actually a Warren through truss
  • October 10, 2009: New photos from Calvin Sneed

Sources 

  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Matthew Ridpath
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Barren Fork River Bridge
Posted December 31, 2009, by Calvin Sneed (us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Actually, these spans are Through Camelback, Subdivided Warren Trusses. I sent a picture to T-DOT's bridge engineer for Region 1-Knoxville, who checked with pghbridges.com, the same place I use.