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Blythe Ferry Bridge

Meigs County, Tennessee, and Rhea County, Tennessee

Photos 

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in November 2014

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BH Photo #308033

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Tennessee River (Chickamauga Lake) on State Highway 60
Location
Meigs County, Tennessee, and Rhea County, Tennessee
Status
Open to traffic
History
Replaced historic Blythe Ferry, on which site is on the National Register of Historic Places
Design
Deck plate girder, tee beam design
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 525.0 ft.
Total length: 3,174.0 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 50.0 ft.
Also called
Trail of Tears Bridge
Highway 60 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.41021, -85.01903   (decimal degrees)
35°24'37" N, 85°01'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/679871/3920337 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Graysville
Elevation
694 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 64017 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1995 (69)
Built during 1990s (730)
Concrete girder (1,024)
Continuous (2,525)
County line crossing (532)
Deck girder (5,909)
Girder (10,510)
Have street view (27,300)
Meigs County, Tennessee (12)
 Modern (2,479)
Open (40,093)
Owned by state (16,164)
Plate girder (8,158)
Rhea County, Tennessee (11)
Span length 500-1000 feet (395)
Tennessee (1,231)
Total length over 2500 feet (923)

Update Log 

  • November 9, 2014: New Street View added by Calvin Sneed

Sources 

  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Blythe Ferry Bridge
Posted November 22, 2019, by Bryon

Updated status to reflect that the bridge is no longer narrowed to one lane for major rehabilitation.