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Photos

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Overview from northwest

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West portal

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East portal

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Deck view

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East span

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East approach

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Deck truss span

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Main span truss

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West span truss

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Behind east portal

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Downtown skyline

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Piers

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Underneath

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Rehabilitation plaque

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Aerial view in 1998

These black-and-white photos were taken Feb. 1998 by George Hornal for the Historic American Engineering Record. They show the bridge before rehabilitation, when it still carried vehicular traffic

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West portal

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Deck truss span

The eastern deck truss span was originally enclosed in the now-demolished Nashville Bridge Co. Building

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East Approach

Photo taken by James McCray in December 2007

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East Portal

Photo taken by James McCray in December 2007

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From the Eastern Observation Deck

Photo taken by James McCray in December 2007

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Map

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts

Overview: Three-span through truss bridge over Cumberland River on Shelby Street in downtown Nashville
Location: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Status: Open to pedestrians only
History: Built 1907-09; rehabilitated for pedestrian use in 2003
Builders: - Foster-Creighton-Gould Co. (Contractor)
- Howard M. Jones (Project engineer)
- J.D. Foy of Dothan, Alabama (Concrete substructure)
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 317.8 ft.
Total length: 2,265.5 ft.
Deck width: 36.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1986
Also called: Sparkman Street Bridge
Broadway Bridge (original official name)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.16207, -86.77221 (decimal degrees)
36°09'43" N, 86°46'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: NRHP 86003237 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 32490 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 6,060

Update Log

April 17, 2008: New photos from James McCray
August 21, 2006: Posted new photos

Sources

Wikipedia
James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com

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