List of crossings of the Tennessee River

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Tennessee River from the Ohio River upstream to its source(s).

Crossings edit

Image Crossing Carries Location Coordinates

Kentucky edit

  Clark Memorial Bridge   US 60 Reidland/Ledbetter 37°02′17″N 88°31′44″W / 37.03805°N 88.52890°W / 37.03805; -88.52890
  Luther Draffen Bridge   I-24 Calvert City 37°01′34″N 88°17′09″W / 37.02604°N 88.28588°W / 37.02604; -88.28588
  Unnamed rail bridge Paducah and Louisville Railroad 37°00′45″N 88°16′12″W / 37.01254°N 88.27000°W / 37.01254; -88.27000
George A. (Tony) Ellis Bridge    US 62 / US 641 37°00′45″N 88°16′12″W / 37.01254°N 88.27000°W / 37.01254; -88.27000
  Kentucky Dam Local traffic to dam powerhouse[n 1] 37°00′56″N 88°16′21″W / 37.01556°N 88.27255°W / 37.01556; -88.27255
  Eggner's Ferry Bridge (reopened in May 2012, after being struck by a ship)
(replaced by new bridge in April 2016)
   US 68 / KY 80 36°46′21″N 88°07′13″W / 36.77250°N 88.12033°W / 36.77250; -88.12033

Tennessee (Western) edit

Scott Fitzhugh Bridge   US 79 36°26′40″N 88°03′35″W / 36.44438°N 88.05986°W / 36.44438; -88.05986
Danville Toll Ferry   SR 147 McKinnon 36°18′04″N 87°57′14″W / 36.30103°N 87.95388°W / 36.30103; -87.95388
Rail Bridge CSX Bruceton Subdivision 36°01′05″N 87°59′47″W / 36.01795°N 87.99643°W / 36.01795; -87.99643
Hickman-Lockhart Bridge   US 70 New Johnsonville 36°01′04″N 87°59′47″W / 36.01775°N 87.99642°W / 36.01775; -87.99642
Jimmy Mann Evans Memorial Bridge[1]   I-40 35°52′04″N 87°56′36″W / 35.86791°N 87.94320°W / 35.86791; -87.94320
Alvin C. York Bridge   US 412 Perryville 35°37′40″N 88°02′02″W / 35.62776°N 88.03375°W / 35.62776; -88.03375
Clifton Highway Bridge    US 641 / SR 114 Clifton 35°24′38″N 88°03′08″W / 35.41060°N 88.05218°W / 35.41060; -88.05218
Lemert Bridge   US 64 Savannah 35°13′29″N 88°15′32″W / 35.22468°N 88.25887°W / 35.22468; -88.25887
  Pickwick Landing Dam   SR 128 Pickwick Landing State Park 35°04′04″N 88°14′57″W / 35.06778°N 88.24930°W / 35.06778; -88.24930

Alabama edit

  Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge   Natchez Trace Parkway Colbert County to Lauderdale County 34°50′21″N 87°55′58″W / 34.83908°N 87.93278°W / 34.83908; -87.93278
O'Neal Bridge    US 43 / US 72 Florence to Muscle Shoals 34°46′57″N 87°40′16″W / 34.78256°N 87.67113°W / 34.78256; -87.67113
Railroad Bridge pedestrian trail that spans half the river, former Louisville and Nashville Railroad bridge 34°46′57″N 87°40′07″W / 34.78256°N 87.66873°W / 34.78256; -87.66873
Singing River Bridge   SR 133 34°47′32″N 87°38′35″W / 34.79212°N 87.64292°W / 34.79212; -87.64292
  Wilson Dam 34°47′52″N 87°37′30″W / 34.79779°N 87.62506°W / 34.79779; -87.62506
  Wheeler Dam   SR 101 Suburban Decatur 34°48′13″N 87°22′54″W / 34.80363°N 87.38163°W / 34.80363; -87.38163
  Norfolk Southern Lifting Rail Bridge Norfolk Southern Decatur 34°37′09″N 86°58′46″W / 34.61905°N 86.9795°W / 34.61905; -86.9795
  Captain William J. Hudson "Steamboat Bill" Memorial Bridges   
 
  US 31 / US 72 Alt. / SR 20
34°36′47″N 86°58′22″W / 34.61311°N 86.97282°W / 34.61311; -86.97282
Interstate 65 Bridge   I-65 34°34′42″N 86°54′28″W / 34.57843°N 86.90769°W / 34.57843; -86.90769
  Clement C. Clay Bridge   US 231 Huntsville to Morgan County 34°34′32″N 86°34′04″W / 34.57557°N 86.56780°W / 34.57557; -86.56780
  Houston Bridge   US 431 Guntersville 34°22′20″N 86°17′20″W / 34.37230°N 86.28897°W / 34.37230; -86.28897
  Comer Bridge   SR 35 Jackson County 34°38′21″N 85°58′29″W / 34.63925°N 85.97482°W / 34.63925; -85.97482
  Captain John Snodgrass Bridge   SR 117 34°50′01″N 85°48′06″W / 34.83357°N 85.80154°W / 34.83357; -85.80154
Rail bridge CSX Chattanooga Subdivision Bridgeport 34°57′17″N 85°41′56″W / 34.95462°N 85.69893°W / 34.95462; -85.69893

Tennessee (Eastern) edit

  Shelby A. Rhinehart Bridge   SR 156 South Pittsburg and New Hope 35°00′54″N 85°41′37″W / 35.01507°N 85.69360°W / 35.01507; -85.69360
  Nickajack Dam Marion County 35°00′13″N 85°37′11″W / 35.00356°N 85.61970°W / 35.00356; -85.61970
  Interstate 24 Bridge   I-24 Rankin Cove and Ladds 35°01′16″N 85°33′00″W / 35.02113°N 85.55000°W / 35.02113; -85.55000
  Marion Memorial Bridge    US 41 / US 72 Rankin Cove and Haletown 35°01′42″N 85°32′43″W / 35.02824°N 85.54516°W / 35.02824; -85.54516
  P. R. Olgiati Bridge   US 27 Chattanooga 35°03′28″N 85°18′59″W / 35.05765°N 85.31630°W / 35.05765; -85.31630
  Market Street Bridge   US 127 35°03′28″N 85°18′34″W / 35.05791°N 85.30939°W / 35.05791; -85.30939
  Walnut Street Bridge pedestrian traffic only 35°03′28″N 85°18′27″W / 35.05783°N 85.30737°W / 35.05783; -85.30737
  Veterans Memorial Bridge 35°03′30″N 85°18′08″W / 35.05825°N 85.30233°W / 35.05825; -85.30233
C.B. Robinson Bridge (Dupont Bridge)   SR 319 35°05′57″N 85°15′09″W / 35.09921°N 85.25245°W / 35.09921; -85.25245
  Tenbridge Norfolk Southern Railway, CNOTP Division 35°06′18″N 85°14′00″W / 35.10509°N 85.23347°W / 35.10509; -85.23347
  Wilkes T. Thrasher Bridge   SR 153 35°06′17″N 85°13′45″W / 35.10466°N 85.22913°W / 35.10466; -85.22913
Tri-County Veterans Bridge   SR 60 south of Dayton, TN 35°24′35″N 85°01′08″W / 35.40969°N 85.01898°W / 35.40969; -85.01898
Bridge   SR 30 west of Decatur, TN 35°32′12″N 84°52′51″W / 35.53654°N 84.88094°W / 35.53654; -84.88094
  Watts Bar Dam   SR 68 35°37′16″N 84°46′56″W / 35.62114°N 84.78209°W / 35.62114; -84.78209
Bridge   SR 58/Decatur Hwy south of Kingston, TN 35°51′23″N 84°31′51″W / 35.85648°N 84.53095°W / 35.85648; -84.53095
Sgt. Mitchell W. Stout Memorial Bridge   I-75 35°45′23″N 84°22′25″W / 35.75644°N 84.37367°W / 35.75644; -84.37367
Rail Bridge 35°44′48″N 84°19′55″W / 35.74678°N 84.33200°W / 35.74678; -84.33200
Loudon Bridge   US 11 35°44′35″N 84°19′52″W / 35.74298°N 84.33106°W / 35.74298; -84.33106
  Unnamed road bridge (near Fort Loudoun Dam)   US 321 35°47′27″N 84°14′33″W / 35.79073°N 84.24243°W / 35.79073; -84.24243
Lt. Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman Memorial Bridge   I-140 Knox County to Blount County 35°50′59″N 84°00′32″W / 35.84972°N 84.00887°W / 35.84972; -84.00887
  James E. "Buck" Karnes Bridge   US 129 Knoxville 35°56′50″N 83°56′45″W / 35.94709°N 83.94587°W / 35.94709; -83.94587
  Rail bridge CSX Appalachian Subdivision 35°56′45″N 83°55′30″W / 35.94588°N 83.92491°W / 35.94588; -83.92491
Rail bridge Norfolk Southern Railway 35°57′19″N 83°55′11″W / 35.95532°N 83.91976°W / 35.95532; -83.91976
  Henley Street Bridge   US 441 35°57′24″N 83°55′05″W / 35.95657°N 83.91808°W / 35.95657; -83.91808
  Gay Street Bridge Gay Street 35°57′30″N 83°54′52″W / 35.95839°N 83.91447°W / 35.95839; -83.91447
James White Bridge (South Knoxville Bridge)   SR 71 35°57′43″N 83°53′51″W / 35.96189°N 83.89750°W / 35.96189; -83.89750
  1. ^ The dam once served as a complete road and rail crossing over the river and the locks that bypass the dam. After the most recent expansion of the locks, separate road and rail bridges were built for through traffic. Currently, the former road crossing carries traffic from the west to the dam's powerhouse and visitor center, but does not cross the locks.

See also edit

  1. ^ Google Earth Imagery, July 2011