Rating:
32582
{80}%
5 votes
Hill Avenue Arch Bridge
Photos
Hill Avenue Arch Bridge (First Creek Arch Bridge)
Knoxville's second longest concrete arch bridge, 3 spans long, near the mouth of First Creek at the Tennessee River. (47-A0129-00.08)
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in July 2008
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BH Photo #117753
Description
5 deck arches, with 2 straight spandrel ribs, spindle railing (47-A0129-00.08)
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete open-spandrel arch bridge over First Creek in Knoxville on Hill Ave.
- Location
- Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
- Status
- Open to traffic.
- Builder
- - Luten Bridge Co. of York, Pennsylvania & Knoxville, Tennessee
- Design
- Concrete open-spandrel arch, skewed on east end
- Skew angle
- 30 degrees
- Also called
- First Creek Arch Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.96180, -83.91365 (decimal degrees)
35°57'42" N, 83°54'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/237237/3983636 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Knoxville
- Average daily traffic (as of 2019)
- 5,380
- Inventory numbers
- TN 470A1060001 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32582 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of May 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 72.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- November 15, 2017: New Street View added by Clark Vance
- November 14, 2017: Updated by Nathan Holth: Open to traffic.
- October 22, 2010: Updated by Bob Davis: Bridge is being repaired
- June 9, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
- February 20, 2009: Updated by Bob Davis: added bridge designer
- August 3, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed
- July 22, 2008: New photos from Calvin Sneed
Sources
- Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Bob Davis - bobdaviscfi [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
The bridge deck was stripped down to the concrete and was rehabilitated. New concrete deck was poured on top and some work was done under it also. New LED street lights and sidewalk lights were also installed