Photos
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Gay Street Bridge Knoxville's Oldest Bridge, a Spandrel-braced (cantilever) arch bridge built in 1897. View looking southbound Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008 |
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Gay Street Bridge, looking northbound A profile of the Spandrel-braced (cantilever) arch style of bridge-building. Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008 |
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Gay Street Bridge, Barge Navigation Span in Center Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008 |
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Gay Street Bridge, looking Northbound toward Downtown Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008 |
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Renovated Surface, northbound toward Downtown Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008 |
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Gay Street Bridge, new railing Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008 |
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Close Up of a Pier, Channel Span to the left, Navigation Channel to right Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008 |
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Gay Street Bridge, with Neyland Drive in foreground Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008 |
Facts
- Overview
- Steel spandrel-braced (cantilever) arch, concrete deck bridge over Tennessee River on Gay Street in Knoxville
- Location
- Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1897, reconditioned 2004
- Builder
- - Youngstown Bridge Co. of Youngstown, Ohio
- Design
- A spandrel-braced (cantilever) arch bridge with concrete deck, the only bridge of its type in Tennessee.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 252.0 ft.
Total length: 1,486.0 ft.
Deck width: 29.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.6 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.95982, -83.91527 (decimal degrees)
35°57'35" N, 83°54'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/237084/3983421 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Knoxville
- Inventory number
- BH 32587 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 01/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 82.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 3,520
Update Log
- February 27, 2009: Updated by Bob Davis: Added coordinates
- August 3, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed
- July 4, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed
Sources
- Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Bob Davis - bobdaviscfi [at] earthlink [dot] net
Comments
This bridge was extensively overhauled circa 2005 with Federal fundingand modified for safety by reducing the number of lanes and adding the new lighting and concrete curbing. It is the oldest of the four vehicle bridges in Knoxville across the Tennessee River (Fourt Loudon Lake) along with one railroad bridge.