Rating:
36947
{87}%
7 votes
Doe River Covered Bridge 42-10-01
Photos
3rd Street Covered Bridge
Just downriver and past small dam on the Doe River
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in July 2008
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BH Photo #118488
Description
The bridge is one of only a few covered bridges in the United States that survives in an urban setting.
-- Historic American Buildings Survey
Facts
- Overview
- Covered Timber Howe Truss bridge over Doe River on Walking path in Downtown Elizabethton
- Location
- Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Part of the Elizabethton Historic District
- Builder
- - Thomas Matson
- Design
- Restored continuous covered timber Howe truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 134.0 ft.
Total length: 134.0 ft.
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 14, 1973
- Also called
- Elizabethton Covered Bridge
3rd Street Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.34658, -82.21400 (decimal degrees)
36°20'48" N, 82°12'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/391063/4023074 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Elizabethton
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 73001754 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 36947 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 5, 2018: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- October 1, 2018: New photos from Timothy and Joann Phillips
- March 29, 2016: New photo from Andrew Penik
- February 22, 2016: New photo from Andrew Penik
- December 24, 2014: New Street View added by Dave King
- April 10, 2014: HAER photos posted by Dave King
- August 19, 2013: New photo from Michael Miller
- September 3, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Common name,truss type,builder
- February 24, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey
- July 27, 2008: Added by Calvin Sneed
Sources
- Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
- HABS TN-224 - Elizabethton Covered Bridge, Hattie Avenue, Elizabethton, Carter County, TN
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Timothy and Joann Phillips
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
I've walked this bridge. Used to have a lady friend who lives in Bristol TN, and when I was on vacation seeing her we went to this bridge. The pictures don't do it justice.