Rating:
45616
{87}%
2 votes
Cummings Highway Ravine
Photos
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in July 2010
Enlarge
BH Photo #169523
Description
Bridge crosses mountain ravine that rises up over railroad tracks, I-24 and the Tennessee River
Facts
- Overview
- Bridge over Ravine at Jonas Bluff on the side of Lookout Mountain on U.S. 11, U.S.41, U,S, 64, U.S. 72 (Will Cummings Highway)
- Location
- Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Bridge built in 1935 bypasses old Cummings Highway alignment at Jonas Bluff, built as part of the then-new Dixie Highway
- Builders
- - Stein Construction Co. of Chattanooga, Tennesee
- Tennessee Highway Department
- Design
- Concrete Tee Beam
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 43.0 ft.
Total length: 1,075.0 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
- Also called
- Jonas Bluff Pulloff Bridge
New Wauhatchie Pike Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.01981, -85.33736 (decimal degrees)
35°01'11" N, 85°20'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/651689/3876503 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Chattanooga
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 9,930
- Inventory numbers
- TN 33SR0020009 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 45616 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of November 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 53.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- November 14, 2010: Updated by Eddie Douthitt: Data merged
- July 11, 2010: Added by Calvin Sneed
Sources
- Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Eddie Douthitt - dalton1861 [at] yahoo [dot] com
This bridge was actually built by Stein Construction Company of Chattanooga, for TDOT. I have many pictures and stories from my Grandfather about the job.