Status: No longer exists--replaced by concrete I-beam box girder bridge
Location: 35.699372,-84.854089
Carries US 27/TN 29 over Piney River
Design: truss/through/warren
Design Details: Warren through truss
Total Length: 314.0 Feet
Span Length: 140.1 Feet
Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Piney River on US 27 in Spring City.. Highway is also known as the Cincinnati-Chattanooga Airline Highway
History: Built 1931
Built: 1931
Location: Rhea County
View Bridge Information In Wayback Machine
108903
Overview
Photo taken by James Adorno
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 35.536241,-84.879654
Carries State Highway 30 over Tennessee River (Upper Chickamauga Lake)
Design: girder/deck/concrete
Design Details: Concrete deck girder
Total Length: 2786.2 Feet
Span Length: 525.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete deck girder bridge over Tennessee River (Upper Chickamauga Lake) on State Highway 30
History: Bridge replaces the old Washington Ferry established in the early 1900's, which itself replaced an old Cherokee Indian crossing in the 1800's
Built: 1996
Location: Rhea County
View Bridge Information In Wayback Machine
119735
Washington Ferry Bridge over the Tennessee, on State Highway 30, between Decatur and Dayton, Tennessee
5-span steel concrete girder bridge (river span on left, channel (barge) span in center, two river spans on right. View is from the old in Meigs County of the old Washington Ferry Landing.
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008
119736
Bridge pier (river span on left, channel-barge span on right)
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008
119737
Concrete box beam land spans on Rhea County side
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008
119738
Beginning of river spans on Rhea County side
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008
119739
River spans
Note how bridge rises to center pier, in lower right corner--those are the channel (barge) spans.
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008
119740
Old Washington Ferry launching point
There are no land spans on east side of river at left, bridge begins off tall man-made embankment.
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008
119741
Rhea-Meigs County Line on east side
County line begins at bridge on east side--all of bridge and all of river are in Rhea County.
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008
119742
North side view of superstructure
Note how bridge rises to the center pier on right side of picture (channel-barge spans run underneath)
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008
119743
Modern bridge rises into air over river and farmland
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008
Status: Replaced by Highway 60 bridge; Historical markers in place
Location: 35.413975,-85.011400
Carries Ferry over Tennessee River
Design: ferry
Design Details: Ferry crossing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Ferry across Tennessee River on Ferry
History: Built 1808; used on Trail of Tears 1838; Replaced by bridge 1994
Built: 1809
Location: Rhea County
View Bridge Information In Wayback Machine
276450
File:Blythe-ferry-site-tn1.jpg
Photo taken by Brian Stansberry
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 35.500800,-85.007517
Carries TN 378 (old US 27) over Little Richland Creek
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 106.0 Feet
Span Length: 26.9 Feet
Overview: Lost Concrete tee beam bridge over Little Richland Creek on TN 378 (old US 27)
History: Built 1933; rehabilitated 1960; Replaced 2017
Built: 1933
Location: Rhea County
View Bridge Information In Wayback Machine
Status: Unknown status
Location: 35.620148,-84.785092
Carries Pedestrian Bridge over State Route 68
Design: girder
Design Details: Girder
Total Length: 65.0 Feet
Span Length: 65.0 Feet
Overview: Girder bridge over State Route 68 on Pedestrian Bridge
History: Built 1955
Built: 1955
Location: Rhea County
View Bridge Information In Wayback Machine
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 35.493150,-85.007017
Carries TN 30 over Little Richland Creek
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 112.9 Feet
Span Length: 43.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Little Richland Creek on TN 30
History: Built 1940
Built: 1940
Location: Rhea County
View Bridge Information In Wayback Machine
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 35.493067,-85.006967
Carries KY Hwy 30 over Little Richland Creek
Design: beam/tee
Design Details:
Total Length: 112.9 Feet
Span Length: 43.0 Feet
Overview: Bridge over Little Richland Creek on KY Hwy 30
History:
Built: 1940
Location: Rhea County
View Bridge Information In Wayback Machine
434952
Little Richland Creek-30 Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in July 2018
434953
Little Richland Creek-30 Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in July 2018
434954
Little Richland Creek-30 Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in July 2018
434955
Little Richland Creek-30 Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in July 2018
Status: Open to pedestrians
Location: 35.549214,-85.031543
Carries Snow Falls Trail over Henderson Creek
Design: truss/pony/warren
Design Details: Warren pony truss
Total Length: 150.0 Feet
Span Length: 50.0 Feet
Overview: Bridge over Henderson Creek on Snow Falls Trail
History:
Built:
Location: Rhea County
View Bridge Information In Wayback Machine
494711
Photo taken by Ben Tate in April 2021
494712
Photo taken by Ben Tate in April 2021
494713
AC15BD6B 2FEB 4B84 A7FB DFCDB80B17D2
Photo taken by Ben Tate in April 2021
494714
Photo taken by Ben Tate in April 2021
494715
Photo taken by Ben Tate in April 2021
494716
Photo taken by Ben Tate in April 2021
494717
Photo taken by Ben Tate in April 2021
494718
Photo taken by Ben Tate
494719
Photo taken by Ben Tate in April 2021
494720
Photo taken by Ben Tate
494721
Photo taken by Ben Tate
494722
Photo taken by Ben Tate
Status: Only the piers remain
Location: 35.532699,-85.025340
Carries Old mining road over Richland Creek
Design: unknown
Design Details: Only the piers remain of a bridge that was used in the transportation of coal from the surrounding mines.
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge over Richland Creek on Old mining road
History: Built 1880s
Built: 1880s
Location: Rhea County
View Bridge Information In Wayback Machine
494723
Photo taken by Ben Tate
494724
Photo taken by Ben Tate
494725
Photo taken by Ben Tate
494726
1EEC22D9 5A19 41FE B3A7 9FDB9B1A47F3
Photo taken by Ben Tate in November 2019
494727
Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2020
494728
Photo taken by Ben Tate in January 2020
494729
Photo taken by Ben Tate in October 2019
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
