List of crossings of the Tennessee River

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

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Crossings

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Kentucky

US 60 over Tennessee River, bridge northern portal.jpg Clark Memorial Bridge US 60.svg US 60 Reidland/Ledbetter 37°02′17″N88°31′44″W / 37.03805°N 88.52890°W / 37.03805; -88.52890
Luther Draffen Bridge 2022a.jpg Luther Draffen Bridge I-24.svg I-24 Calvert City 37°01′34″N88°17′09″W / 37.02604°N 88.28588°W / 37.02604; -88.28588
George A. Ellis Bridge 2022d.jpg Unnamed rail bridge Paducah and Louisville Railroad 37°00′45″N88°16′12″W / 37.01254°N 88.27000°W / 37.01254; -88.27000
George A. (Tony) Ellis BridgeUS 62.svgUS 641.svg US 62  / US 641 37°00′45″N88°16′12″W / 37.01254°N 88.27000°W / 37.01254; -88.27000
Kentucky Dam.jpg Kentucky Dam Local traffic to dam powerhouse [n 1] 37°00′56″N88°16′21″W / 37.01556°N 88.27255°W / 37.01556; -88.27255
Delta Mariner at Eggner Ferry Bridge collapse site.jpg Eggner's Ferry Bridge (reopened in May 2012, after being struck by a ship)
(replaced by new bridge in April 2016)
US 68.svgElongated circle 80.svg US 68  / KY 80 36°46′21″N88°07′13″W / 36.77250°N 88.12033°W / 36.77250; -88.12033

Tennessee (Western)

Scott Fitzhugh Bridge US 79.svg US 79 36°26′40″N88°03′35″W / 36.44438°N 88.05986°W / 36.44438; -88.05986
Danville Toll FerrySecondary Tennessee 147.svg SR 147 McKinnon 36°18′04″N87°57′14″W / 36.30103°N 87.95388°W / 36.30103; -87.95388
Rail Bridge CSX Bruceton Subdivision 36°01′05″N87°59′47″W / 36.01795°N 87.99643°W / 36.01795; -87.99643
Hickman-Lockhart Bridge US 70.svg US 70 New Johnsonville 36°01′04″N87°59′47″W / 36.01775°N 87.99642°W / 36.01775; -87.99642
Jimmy Mann Evans Memorial Bridge [1] I-40.svg I-40 35°52′04″N87°56′36″W / 35.86791°N 87.94320°W / 35.86791; -87.94320
Alvin C. York Bridge US 412.svg US 412 Perryville 35°37′40″N88°02′02″W / 35.62776°N 88.03375°W / 35.62776; -88.03375
Clifton Highway Bridge US 641.svgTennessee 114.svg US 641  / SR 114 Clifton 35°24′38″N88°03′08″W / 35.41060°N 88.05218°W / 35.41060; -88.05218
Lemert Bridge US 64.svg US 64 Savannah 35°13′29″N88°15′32″W / 35.22468°N 88.25887°W / 35.22468; -88.25887
USACE Fort Loudoun Lock and Dam.jpg Pickwick Landing Dam Tennessee 128.svg SR 128 Pickwick Landing State Park 35°04′04″N88°14′57″W / 35.06778°N 88.24930°W / 35.06778; -88.24930

Alabama

Tn River Bridge Natchez Trace.jpg Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge Natchez Trace Parkway Logo.svg Natchez Trace Parkway Colbert County to Lauderdale County 34°50′21″N87°55′58″W / 34.83908°N 87.93278°W / 34.83908; -87.93278
O'Neal Bridge US 43.svgUS 72.svg US 43  / US 72 Florence to Muscle Shoals 34°46′57″N87°40′16″W / 34.78256°N 87.67113°W / 34.78256; -87.67113
Railroad Bridgepedestrian trail that spans half the river, former Louisville and Nashville Railroad bridge 34°46′57″N87°40′07″W / 34.78256°N 87.66873°W / 34.78256; -87.66873
Singing River Bridge Alabama 133.svg SR 133 34°47′32″N87°38′35″W / 34.79212°N 87.64292°W / 34.79212; -87.64292
Wilson Dam.jpg Wilson Dam 34°47′52″N87°37′30″W / 34.79779°N 87.62506°W / 34.79779; -87.62506
USACE Wheeler Lock and Dam.jpg Wheeler Dam Alabama 101.svg SR 101 Suburban Decatur 34°48′13″N87°22′54″W / 34.80363°N 87.38163°W / 34.80363; -87.38163
RailBr6.jpg Norfolk Southern Lifting Rail Bridge Norfolk Southern Decatur 34°37′09″N86°58′46″W / 34.61905°N 86.9795°W / 34.61905; -86.9795
STMBTBLBridge.jpg Captain William J. Hudson "Steamboat Bill" Memorial Bridges US 31.svgAlternate plate.svg
US 72.svg
Alabama 20.svg US 31  / US 72 Alt.  / SR 20
34°36′47″N86°58′22″W / 34.61311°N 86.97282°W / 34.61311; -86.97282
Interstate 65 BridgeI-65.svg I-65 34°34′42″N86°54′28″W / 34.57843°N 86.90769°W / 34.57843; -86.90769
US Route 231 - Over Tennessee River (40736378642).jpg Clement C. Clay Bridge US 231.svg US 231 Huntsville to Morgan County 34°34′32″N86°34′04″W / 34.57557°N 86.56780°W / 34.57557; -86.56780
US431 Guntersville.jpg Houston Bridge US 431.svg US 431 Guntersville 34°22′20″N86°17′20″W / 34.37230°N 86.28897°W / 34.37230; -86.28897
Comer Bridge.jpg Comer Bridge Alabama 35.svg SR 35 Jackson County 34°38′21″N85°58′29″W / 34.63925°N 85.97482°W / 34.63925; -85.97482
John-Snodgrass-Bridge-Guntersville-Lake-al.jpg Captain John Snodgrass Bridge Alabama 117.svg SR 117 34°50′01″N85°48′06″W / 34.83357°N 85.80154°W / 34.83357; -85.80154
Rail bridge CSX Chattanooga Subdivision Bridgeport 34°57′17″N85°41′56″W / 34.95462°N 85.69893°W / 34.95462; -85.69893

Tennessee (Eastern)

TN 156 over TennR-Gunterville Lake P8150084.jpg Shelby A. Rhinehart Bridge Secondary Tennessee 156.svg SR 156 South Pittsburg and New Hope 35°00′54″N85°41′37″W / 35.01507°N 85.69360°W / 35.01507; -85.69360
Nickajack Dam.jpg Nickajack Dam Marion County 35°00′13″N85°37′11″W / 35.00356°N 85.61970°W / 35.00356; -85.61970
I24-and-US72-bridges-Nickajack-Lake-tn1.jpg Interstate 24 Bridge I-24.svg I-24 Rankin Cove and Ladds 35°01′16″N85°33′00″W / 35.02113°N 85.55000°W / 35.02113; -85.55000
MarionMemorialBridgeGuildTN.jpg Marion Memorial Bridge US 41.svgUS 72.svg US 41  / US 72 Rankin Cove and Haletown 35°01′42″N85°32′43″W / 35.02824°N 85.54516°W / 35.02824; -85.54516
Olgiati-1960s.jpg P. R. Olgiati Bridge US 27.svg US 27 Chattanooga 35°03′28″N85°18′59″W / 35.05765°N 85.31630°W / 35.05765; -85.31630
Market Street Bridge 02.jpg Market Street Bridge US 127.svg US 127 35°03′28″N85°18′34″W / 35.05791°N 85.30939°W / 35.05791; -85.30939
Walnut Street Bridge 02.jpg Walnut Street Bridge pedestrian traffic only 35°03′28″N85°18′27″W / 35.05783°N 85.30737°W / 35.05783; -85.30737
Veterans Memorial Bridge 01.jpg Veterans Memorial Bridge 35°03′30″N85°18′08″W / 35.05825°N 85.30233°W / 35.05825; -85.30233
C.B. Robinson Bridge (Dupont Bridge)Secondary Tennessee 319.svg SR 319 35°05′57″N85°15′09″W / 35.09921°N 85.25245°W / 35.09921; -85.25245
Tennbridge.jpg Tenbridge Norfolk Southern Railway, CNOTP Division 35°06′18″N85°14′00″W / 35.10509°N 85.23347°W / 35.10509; -85.23347
USACE Chickamauga Lock and Dam.jpg Wilkes T. Thrasher Bridge Tennessee 153.svg SR 153 35°06′17″N85°13′45″W / 35.10466°N 85.22913°W / 35.10466; -85.22913
Tri-County Veterans Bridge Tennessee 60.svg SR 60 south of Dayton, TN 35°24′35″N85°01′08″W / 35.40969°N 85.01898°W / 35.40969; -85.01898
BridgeTennessee 30.svg SR 30 west of Decatur, TN 35°32′12″N84°52′51″W / 35.53654°N 84.88094°W / 35.53654; -84.88094
Watts Bar Dam (9258202492).jpg Watts Bar Dam Tennessee 68.svg SR 68 35°37′16″N84°46′56″W / 35.62114°N 84.78209°W / 35.62114; -84.78209
BridgeTennessee 58.svg SR 58/Decatur Hwysouth of Kingston, TN 35°51′23″N84°31′51″W / 35.85648°N 84.53095°W / 35.85648; -84.53095
Sgt. Mitchell W. Stout Memorial BridgeI-75.svg I-75 35°45′23″N84°22′25″W / 35.75644°N 84.37367°W / 35.75644; -84.37367
Rail Bridge 35°44′48″N84°19′55″W / 35.74678°N 84.33200°W / 35.74678; -84.33200
Loudon Bridge US 11.svg US 11 35°44′35″N84°19′52″W / 35.74298°N 84.33106°W / 35.74298; -84.33106
Unnamed road bridge (immediately downstream of Fort Loudoun Dam)US 321.svg US 321 35°47′27″N84°14′33″W / 35.79073°N 84.24243°W / 35.79073; -84.24243
Lt. Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman Memorial Bridge I-140.svg I-140 Knox County to Blount County 35°50′59″N84°00′32″W / 35.84972°N 84.00887°W / 35.84972; -84.00887
Buck-karnes-bridge-tn1.jpg James E. "Buck" Karnes Bridge US 129.svg US 129 Knoxville 35°56′50″N83°56′45″W / 35.94709°N 83.94587°W / 35.94709; -83.94587
Knoxville bridges.jpg Rail bridge CSX Appalachian Subdivision 35°56′45″N83°55′30″W / 35.94588°N 83.92491°W / 35.94588; -83.92491
Rail bridge Norfolk Southern Railway 35°57′19″N83°55′11″W / 35.95532°N 83.91976°W / 35.95532; -83.91976
Henley-street-bridge-tn1.jpg Henley Street Bridge US 441.svg US 441 35°57′24″N83°55′05″W / 35.95657°N 83.91808°W / 35.95657; -83.91808
Gay-street-bridge-knoxville-tn1.jpg Gay Street Bridge Gay Street 35°57′30″N83°54′52″W / 35.95839°N 83.91447°W / 35.95839; -83.91447
James White Bridge (South Knoxville Bridge)Tennessee 71.svg SR 71 35°57′43″N83°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

  1. Google Earth Imagery, July 2011

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