Austin Peay Bridge

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Description

The bridge is the only known extant K-truss in the Federal Highway Administration's Southeast Region. The bridge also is historically significant for its associations with the early development of Tennessee's Highway Department.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts

Overview: Lost K-Truss through truss bridge over Cumberland River on Tn 56
Location: Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built by the Nashville Bridge Company in 1924 and replaced 1994
Builders: - Montgomery and Parker Co. of Rockport, Indiana
- Nashville Bridge Co. of Nashville, Tennessee
Design: The bridge contains one 280-foot riveted K through truss that is flanked on each side by a
160-foot riveted Warren through truss with a polygonal top chord. The south approach
consists of two 28.5-foot concrete deck girder spans, and the north approach contains
twenty-three 53-foot concrete deck girder spans.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 279.9 ft.
Total length: 1,693.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.37317, -85.65251 (decimal degrees)
36°22'23" N, 85°39'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/620874/4026182 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Gainesboro
Average daily traffic (as of 2017): 2,680
Inventory numbers: TN 44SR0560009 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 46719 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2017): Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 95.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Update Log

January 26, 2015: HAER photos posted by Dave King
October 28, 2010: Added by J.P.

Sources

J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
HAER TN-28 - Austin Peay Bridge, State Route 56 spanning Cumberland River, Gainesboro, Jackson County, TN