Bible Covered Bridge 42-30-01

Photos

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in August 2010

BH Photo #172212

Map

Street View

Description

The E.A. Bible family hired A.A. McLean to build this bridge to serve their nearby farm. At the time, it had no side windows. In 1940, Greene County purchased it for $750. It remained a public bridge until 1972, when the Greene County Heritage Trust rehabilitated it, including a new exterior covering with three pedimented windows on each side, also roof bracings and a shingle roof. The bridge retains the original wooden and steel truss members, the original concrete substructior and the original floor, with some modern repairs.

The original truss system is intact from 1923.

Facts

Overview: Covered Queenpost truss bridge over Little Chucky Creek on Denver Bible Lane at Warrensburg Road
Location: Greene County, Tennessee
Status: Open to pedestrians
History: Built 1923; rehabilitated 1972
Builder: - A.A. McLean
Design: Covered Wooden Queenpost Truss
Covered Timber Stringer
Timber Stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 44.7 ft.
Total length: 68.8 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 8.4 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Chuckey
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.12418, -83.05319 (decimal degrees)
36°07'27" N, 83°03'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/315228/3999674 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Parrottsville
Inventory number: BH 42355 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 8, 2010: Updated by Calvin Sneed: Added photos, Street View and historical information
April 16, 2009: Added by Robert Stephenson

Sources

Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
TDOT
Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com