Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Spring City Bridge

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Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Piney River on US 27/TN 29 in Spring City
Location: Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee
Status: No longer exists--replaced by concrete I-beam box girder bridge
History: Built 1931
Design: Warren through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 314.0 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.69937, -84.85409 (decimal degrees)
35°41'58" N, 84°51'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/694151/3952727 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Spring City
Inventory number: BH 32661 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 3.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 6,260

Spring City Bridge

Posted February 22, 2007, by james Adorno (adorno423 [at] aol [dot] com)

I called the City of Spring City today to ask about this bridge. It was torn down 1-2 months ago. It no longer exists :(