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Old Little River Bridge

Sevier County, Tennessee

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Elkmont Old Railroad Bridge

Looking at downstream side of bridge and far piling on a big rock formation

Photo taken by Bob Davis in March 2009

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BH Photo #136708

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Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Little River on road/old railroad, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Location
Sevier County, Tennessee
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built in 1908 by Little River Lumber Co.
Railroad
- Little River Railroad (LRR)
Design
Riveted double-intersection Warren deck truss
Also called
Elkmont Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.66361, -83.59083   (decimal degrees)
35°39'49" N, 83°35'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/265480/3949731 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Gatlinburg
Elevation
2271 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 42247 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1908 (711)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
Closed (2,669)
Deck truss (1,731)
Double-intersection Warren deck truss (88)
Double-intersection Warren truss (456)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (12)
Little River Railroad (1)
 Owned by National Park Service (467)
Owned by federal government (1,219)
Railroad (15,411)
Sevier County, Tennessee (35)
Tennessee (1,223)
Truss (32,773)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • October 4, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Railroad"
  • August 30, 2010: New photos from Calvin Sneed
  • April 7, 2009: Added by Bob Davis

Sources 

  • Bob Davis - bobdaviscfi [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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