Western Ave. Bridge

Photos

View Of Asylum (Western) Avenue Viaduct In Setting From Northwest, Facing Southeast

Photo taken by George Hornal for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #313650

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Description

It is one of the oldest known continuous deck girder bridge erected in the U.S. The contractor foe the bridge was the Foster-Creighton-Gould Company of Nashville, Tennessee. Today known as the Foster Creighton Company, it is a major firm in the southeast.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts

Overview: Lost Stringer bridge over Southern Railway & Second Creek on TN-62
Location: Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1909; Replaced 1994
Builder: - Foster-Creighton-Gould Co. of Nashville, Tennessee
Railroad: - Southern Railway (SOU)
Design: Concrete stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 47.9 ft.
Total length: 349.1 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Also called: Asylum Avenue Viaduct
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.96464, -83.92615 (decimal degrees)
35°57'53" N, 83°55'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/236119/3983985 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Knoxville
Average daily traffic (as of 2017): 15,280
Inventory numbers: TN 47SR0620015 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 54558 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of January 2018): 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: 80.7 (out of 100)
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Update Log

January 14, 2015: HAER photos posted by Dave King
November 20, 2012: Added by Jared Mixson

Sources

Jared
HAER TN-29 - Asylum Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Second Creek & Southern Railroad at State Route 62, Knoxville, Knox County, TN