Surprise Truss Bridge

Surprise Truss Bridge
Location Sewee Creek Rd., Ten Mile, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°38′51″N 84°37′58″W / 35.64750°N 84.63278°W / 35.64750; -84.63278 (Surprise Truss Bridge)Coordinates: 35°38′51″N 84°37′58″W / 35.64750°N 84.63278°W / 35.64750; -84.63278 (Surprise Truss Bridge)
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built 1917
MPS Meigs County, Tennessee MRA
NRHP reference # 82004031[1]
Added to NRHP July 6, 1982

The Surprise Truss Bridge in Ten Mile, Tennessee was built in 1917. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

It crosses Sewee Creek and was built by the Champion Bridge Co. of Wilmington, Ohio.[2]

The bridge has one steel bedstead/truss leg span. It is pinconnected and uses a Pratt truss configuration.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Ann Toplovich (August 12, 1981). "Tennessee Multiple Resource Nomination Survey: Surprise Truss Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved July 4, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1979
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