Rating:
47051
{84}%
6 votes
Old Hooker Road Bridge
Photos
Overview
Photo taken by Eddie Douthitt in November 2010
Enlarge
BH Photo #187760
Description
Built around 1930, abandoned when new bridge was built to the north in 1985
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned polygonal Warren pony truss bridge over Chattanooga Creek on old alignment of Hooker Road
- Location
- Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Bypassed by new bridge in 1985
- Design
- Polygonal Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
- Dimensions
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Deck width: 12.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.99023, -85.30123 (decimal degrees)
34°59'25" N, 85°18'04" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/655041/3873277 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Fort Oglethorpe
- Inventory number
- BH 47051 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 12, 2019: Updated by Andy Peters: updates GPS coordinates
- March 8, 2019: New photos from Kristen Wells
- April 24, 2011: New photos from Calvin Sneed
- November 21, 2010: Added by Eddie Douthitt
Sources
- Eddie Douthitt - dalton1861 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Kristen Wells - Kristenwells1983 [at] gmail [dot] com