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Fall Creek Bridge

Wilson County, Tennessee

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Salem Road Fall Creek Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in April 2012

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BH Photo #229183

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Facts 

Overview
Three-span arch bridge over Fall Creek on Salem Rd (NFA 1398)
Location
Wilson County, Tennessee
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1928
Builder
- Bell & Bell of Watertown, Tennessee
Design
Three span ribbed closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 42.0 ft.
Total length: 117.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.02528, -86.27889   (decimal degrees)
36°01'31" N, 86°16'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/564971/3986992 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Vine
Average daily traffic (as of 2019)
480
Inventory numbers
TN 950A3920003 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32736 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 63.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,823)
Bell & Bell (2)
Built 1928 (1,242)
Built during 1920s (10,393)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,332)
Deck arch (12,045)
Functionally obsolete (5,635)
One-lane traffic (8,091)
 Open (41,355)
Owned by county (21,920)
Ribbed closed-spandrel arch (30)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,444)
Tennessee (1,285)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,571)
Wilson County, Tennessee (24)

Update Log 

  • October 19, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Edited builder to not include builder's base city
  • October 19, 2012: Updated by Martha Carver: Added Construction Date and Bridge Company

Sources 

  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Martha Carver - martha_carver [at] bellsouth [dot] net
  • Luke

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