Sowell Mill Bridge

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Sowell Mill Pike Duck River Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in November 2010

BH Photo #188222

Overview: Arch bridge over Duck River on Sowell Mill Pike (NFA 1903) in Columbia
Location: Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1925
Builder: - Luten Bridge Co. of York, Pennsylvania & Knoxville, Tennessee
Design: Three span concrete closed-spandrel Luten arch bridge
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 107.0 ft.
Total length: 342.8 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.59769, -86.95806 (decimal degrees)
35°35'52" N, 86°57'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/503799/3939328 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Glendale
Average daily traffic (as of 2019): 710
Inventory numbers: TN 600A1610001 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32621 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2018): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 58 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

May 17, 2013: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "Concrete inset railing", Luten arch
May 17, 2013: New photos from Martha Carver
March 17, 2013: New photos from Johnny C Barrett

Sowell Mill Bridge

Posted May 29, 2016, by William gray (shayandwilliam [at] gmail [dot] com)

Fist bridge was build like 1830s for 10,000$ i think. Was burnt durning civil war by New Orleans Confederate soilders in 1861 or 1862.