Gibson Bridge, Spanning Watauga River on Herb Hodge Road, Watauga Flats, Washington County, TN
Summary
Significance: The bridge is significant as a somewhat rare surviving example of a once common truss type, the Pennsylvania (Petit) truss. It derives secondary significance from its association with the Nashville Bridge Company, Tennessee's most significance native bridge company.
Survey number: HAER TN-19
Building/structure dates: ca. 1916 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1916
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Nashville Bridge Company
E.N. Matthews
Yearby, Jean P, transmitter
Location
tennessee, 36.33210, -82.51858
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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