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Collins River Bridge

Warren County, Tennessee
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Photo taken by James McCray

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Description 

The largest main truss of this bridge was relocated from the old Hyde's Ferry (Bordeaux) Bridge (1887-1917) in Nashville over the Cumberland River. The Nashville Bridge Co. relocated the span to its present location in 1924. The other remaining truss span of the old Hyde's Ferry Bridge is located in western Davidson County on an abandoned alignment of TN 100 (Old Harding Road). See the Old TN 100 Bridge in Davidson County for more info. (**TN100 span destroyed by flooding in 2010.)

Facts 

Overview
Parker through truss bridge over Collins River on Old TN 287
Location
Warren County, Tennessee
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Larger of the truss spans once apart of the Hyde's Ferry Bridge (Bordeaux) Bridge in Davidson County, but the Nashville Bridge Co. relocated one of the truss spans to the Collins River site in 1924 to be apart of the Collins River Bridge.
Builders
- Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. of Mt. Vernon, Ohio (1887 Parker span)
- Nashville Bridge Co. of Nashville, Tennessee (Relocation and additional spans)
Design
Bridge consists of two steel stringer approaches, one on either end; two warren pony truss approaches, one on either end; and two main spans consisting of Parker Trusses.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 246.1 ft.
Total length: 654.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.79983, -85.62020   (decimal degrees)
35°47'59" N, 85°37'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/624675/3962625 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Doyle
Inventory numbers
TN 890Z0010001 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 44055 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/1991)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1984)
320

Categories 

Beam (6,667)
Bypassed (121)
Closed (2,133)
Have street view (12,873)
Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. (41)
NR-eligible (3,789)
Nashville Bridge Co. (26)
Owned by state (10,152)
Parker through truss (970)
Parker truss (1,289)
Pin-connected (1,684)
Pony truss (13,353)
Relocated (387)
 Savable (35)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,523)
Steel stringer (2,674)
Structurally deficient (16,931)
Sufficiency rating zero (314)
Tennessee (828)
Through truss (9,587)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,884)
Truss (24,155)
Warren County, Tennessee (14)
Warren pony truss (2,092)
Warren truss (4,171)

Update Log 

  • January 2, 2011: Updated by J.P.: added nbi data from 1992
  • August 15, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added additional builder and updated other information
  • June 9, 2010: New Street View added by Eddie Douthitt
  • February 23, 2010: New photos from J.P.
  • February 9, 2010: New photos from James McCray
  • February 8, 2010: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Eddie Douthitt - eddied1962 [at] charter [dot] net
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Collins River Bridge
Posted August 31, 2010, by Rock Island

If anyone has information about any grant money that could help the park stabilize this historic bridge & maybe upgrade it to allow pedestrian access, please contact Rock Island State Park at 931-686-2471.

Collins River Bridge
Posted June 8, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

That's great news. This bridge is one of the most unusual and important bridges in the state.

Collins River Bridge
Posted June 8, 2010, by J.P.

received an email back from park officials finally about this bridge and the flooding did not affect it.