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P.R. Oligiati Bridge

Hamilton County, Tennessee

Photos 

View to the Northwest

Photo taken by Martha Carver in February 2013

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BH Photo #256112

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Girder bridge over Tennessee River / Sourr / Fau 5395&3619 on US 27 and TN 29
Location
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1955; rehabilitated 2003
Design
Girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 375.0 ft.
Total length: 2,745.2 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Deck width: 126.3 ft.
Also called
Oligiati Bridge
FAP 29 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.05772, -85.31633   (decimal degrees)
35°03'28" N, 85°18'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/653537/3880739 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Chattanooga
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
73,130
Inventory numbers
TN 33FA0271001 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 55221 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 73 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1955 (481)
Built during 1950s (4,073)
Chattanooga, Tennessee (49)
Continuous (2,692)
Girder (11,662)
Hamilton County, Tennessee (75)
 Have street view (30,434)
Open (41,452)
Owned by state (16,770)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,306)
Tennessee (1,286)
Total length over 2500 feet (975)

Update Log 

  • June 7, 2022: New photo from Mark Boettcher
  • June 3, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Fix map marker
  • June 12, 2013: New photos from Martha Carver
  • January 23, 2013: New Street View added by Andy Peters
  • January 15, 2013: Added by Andy Peters

Sources 

  • Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Martha Carver - martha_carver [at] bellsouth [dot] net
  • Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Mark Boettcher
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Comments 

P.R. Oligiati Bridge
Posted November 30, 2019, by Ben Tate (benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Unfortunately, the curved t-beams were replaced in 2013 when the bridges were widened to 10 lanes.

P.R. Oligiati Bridge
Posted June 12, 2013, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

The 1964 postcard of this bridge shows two curved t-beams. I found that these still are standing today. I am guessing there are not many of these remaining in Tennessee, so I added them:

http://bridgehunter.com/tn/hamilton/bh56595/

http://bridgehunter.com/tn/hamilton/bh56594/

Martha, do you have any photos of these bridges?