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Avens Bridge

Washington County, Virginia
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Green Springs Road Cantilever Through Truss Bridge

1 3-span continuous Warren (PTC) cantilevered through truss bridge. One of 3 cantilevered through truss bridges built by TVA after it impounded dams on rivers in East Tennessee. This one is on the Holston River, South Fork, and the embayment is South Holston Lake. View is southbound, north of VA-TN border. Others are in Jefferson County and Grainger County, both Tennessee.

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in August 2008

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Overview
1 3-span continuous Warren (PTC) cantilevered through truss bridge over the Holston River South Fork on Green Springs Road
Location
Washington County, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1949, raised by TVA when lake was impounded
Design
Cantilevered Warren through truss
PTC (Polygonal Top Chords)
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 282.2 ft.
Total length: 969.2 ft.
Deck width: 17.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Also called
Green Springs Road Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.62167, -81.97167   (decimal degrees)
36°37'18" N, 81°58'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/413117/4053343 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Shady Valley
Inventory numbers
VA 19091 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33898 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2011)
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: 29.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
1,984

Categories 

Built 1949 (266)
Built during 1940s (2,796)
Continuous (899)
Continuous truss (86)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Have street view (9,894)
Open (28,313)
Owned by state (9,808)
 Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,574)
Virginia (540)
Warren through truss (927)
Warren truss (3,961)
Washington County, Virginia (5)

Update Log 

  • July 11, 2010: New Street View added by Calvin Sneed
  • May 4, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • August 27, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed
  • August 11, 2008: New photos from Calvin Sneed

Sources 

  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
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Avens Bridge
Posted December 20, 2012, by Thad Osborne (tgo1330 [at] comcast [dot] net)

In comparing "before" and "after" topographic maps which are now available on the USGS web site, it appears that the Avens bridge was relocated when South Holston Dam was constructed. The original location was in the Abingdon quadrangle, upstream of the current site.

At this time, it was not uncommon for bridge components, such as truss sections, to be salvaged from TVA project areas and re-cycled for use at new locations. I do not know of any specific instances in the so-called "TVA Upper Holston Projects."