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Facts
- Overview
- Six-span through truss bridge over the Tennessee River on Walnut Street in Chattanooga
- Location
- Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1889-91
- Builders
- - Edwin Thacher
- Neely Smith & Co.
- Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
- Design
- From south to north:
Two pin-connected, 10-panel Pennsylvania through trusses, each 210 feet long
Three pin-connected, 16-panel Pennsylvania through trusses, each 320 feet long
One pin-connected, 10-panel Pennsylvania through truss, 210 feet long
Wrought-iron curved viaduct, 780 feet long
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 320.0 ft.
Total length: 2,370.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.05817, -85.30729 (decimal degrees)
35°03'29" N, 85°18'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/654360/3880803 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Chattanooga
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 90000300 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 32555 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- James Adorno - adorno423 [at] aol [dot] com
- HAER TN-11 - Walnut Street Bridge
- Wikipedia