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Murfreesboro Road-Harpeth River Bridge

Williamson County, Tennessee

Photos 

Harpeth River Bridge

Nashville Banner: December 6 1956

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BH Photo #462549

Map 

Description 

Too bad KFC hadn't been founded yet... They could have had a doozy of a special!

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Harpeth River on Murfreesboro Road
Location
Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1896; Collapsed 1956; Replaced 1958
Design
Pinned Pratt Through truss
Also called
Franklin Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.92053, -86.86532   (decimal degrees)
35°55'14" N, 86°51'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/512150/3975142 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 87503 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,400)
Built 1896 (289)
Built during 1890s (3,195)
Collapsed (433)
Franklin, Tennessee (2)
Lost (28,544)
Lost 1956 (93)
Lost during 1950s (870)
 Owned by state (16,564)
Pratt through truss (6,061)
Pratt truss (10,308)
Replaced by new bridge (19,416)
Tennessee (1,261)
Through truss (16,821)
Truss (35,508)
Williamson County, Tennessee (8)

Update Log 

  • December 16, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added stuff
  • December 16, 2019: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch

Sources 

  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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