Blythe Ferry

Photo

File:Blythe-ferry-site-tn1

Photo taken by Brian Stansberry

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

BH Photo #276450

Overview: Lost Ferry across Tennessee River on Ferry
Location: Rhea County, Tennessee, and Meigs County, Tennessee
Status: Replaced by Highway 60 bridge; Historical markers in place
History: Built 1808; used on Trail of Tears 1838; Replaced by bridge 1994
Builder: - William Blythe (Architect)
Design: Ferry crossing
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 1983
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.41398, -85.01140 (decimal degrees)
35°24'50" N, 85°00'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/680556/3920769 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Graysville
Inventory numbers: NRHP 83003055 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 59995 (Bridgehunter.com ID)