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French Broad River Bridge
Photos
Bridge profile from south side looking north
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in August 2014
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BH Photo #292100
Description
Deck supported by concrete girders shaped in arch format. Skewed 25%.
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete tee beam bridge over French Broad River on U.S. 25 (Dixie Highway), U.S. 70
- Location
- Hot Springs, Madison County, North Carolina
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Replaced a 6-span Warren through truss bridge 200 feet downriver in 1951
- Builder
- - North Carolina State Highway Department
- Design
- Tee beam
Skewed
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 66.0 ft.
Total length: 526.9 ft.
Deck width: 32.2 ft.
- Also called
- Highway 25-70 Bridge
Bridge Street Bridge
Asheville Highway Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.89369, -82.82306 (decimal degrees)
35°53'37" N, 82°49'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/335463/3973692 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Hot Springs
- Elevation
- 1319 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 62650 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 24, 2014: New Street View added by Calvin Sneed
Sources
- Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
A fun fact: this bridge is part of the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail and is marked with its famous navigational "white blazes." And although it has NO provisions for pedestrians, the bridge is heavily used by foot traffic, particularly in the spring, when northbound thru-hikers use it.