Market Street Bridge (Chattanooga)

Bridge over the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Market Street Bridge

Coordinates	35°03′32″N 85°18′32″W / 35.059°N 85.309°W / 35.059; -85.309
Carries	4 lanes of North Market Street
Crosses	Tennessee River
Locale	Chattanooga, Tennessee
Official name	Chief John Ross Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Double-leaf bascule bridge
Total length	1894.5 ft (577 m)
Width	36 ft (11 m)
Longest span	358.8 ft (109 m)
History
Opened	1917

Market Street Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Coordinates	35°3′31″N 85°18′33″W / 35.05861°N 85.30917°W / 35.05861; -85.30917
NRHP reference No.	10001047
Added to NRHP	December 20, 2010

Location

The Market Street Bridge, officially referred to as the John Ross Bridge, is a bascule bridge that spans the Tennessee River between downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the Northshore District. It carries North Market Street (formerly designated as U.S. Route 127), and was named in honor of Cherokee Chief John Ross. The bridge was completed in 1917 at a cost of $1.1 million. In the mid-1970s, the southern terminus of US 127 was moved several miles north to the intersection of Dayton Boulevard and Signal Mountain Boulevard in the nearby suburb of Red Bank.

The bridge has concrete arch spans flanking a center draw span, which is a steel truss with double-leaf Scherzer rolling lift bascule mechanism. The double-leaf bascule lift span stands approximately 70 feet above the water. At the time of its completion in 1917, the 300-foot (91 m) main span was the longest rolling-lift bascule span in the world. Vehicular traffic originally included streetcars, but streetcar service across the bridge ended in the 1930s. The bridge was formally renamed the Chief John Ross Bridge in 1950.

The bridge closed in 2005 for a renovation, but reopened on August 4, 2007, ahead of its originally scheduled September completion date.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 2010.

Four times per year, the bridge is closed for a brief inspection to test its hinge mechanism, as mandated by the US Coast Guard.

References

^ "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 12/20/10 through 12/23/10". National Park Service. December 30, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
^ Engstrom, Ian C. (2008). "Chapter 14: The Historic Rehabilitation of the Market Street Bridge in Chattanooga, TN". In Adeli, Hojjat (ed.). Historic Bridges: Evaluation, Preservation, and Management. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-1-4200-7995-1. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
"Market Street Bridge Project: What's Happening". Mountain States Contractors. Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
"Photos: Testing the Market Street Bridge". January 27, 2014.

External links

Bridges of the Tennessee River

Upstream
Walnut Street Bridge

Market Street Bridge

Downstream
P.R. Olgiati Bridge

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Bridges/dams	Chickamauga Dam Market Street Bridge Olgiati Bridge Tenbridge Veterans Memorial Bridge Walnut Street Bridge Wilkes T. Thrasher Bridge
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Residential (former)	Seamour and Gerte Shavin House
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