Bob Sheehan Memorial Bridge -- US 70/TN24/Lebanon Pike over Stone's River, Hermitage TN
N 36° 11.180 W 086° 38.011
16S E 532953 N 4004677
This trust bridge was built in 1928 to carried the Lebanon Pike/US 70 over Stones River in Hermitage TN, a suburb of Nashville. In 2019 it has been bypassed and now serves as a bike and pedestrian bridge
Waymark Code: WM10CTM
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/15/2019
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This handsome K-Hybrid Parker through truss bridge was built in 1928 to carry automobile traffic on US 70/Lebanon Pike over Stone's River. Decades later, it was found to be structurally deficient in a modern concrete highway bridge was built immediately adjacent to this beautiful truss bridge. At that time the truss bridge became part of a hike and bike trail called the Music City Bikeway.
From the Bridgehynter website: (
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"Overview
Through truss bridge over Stones River on Lebanon Pike (U. S. Highway 70) in Nashville
Location
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Status
Open to pedestrian and bicycle traffic
History
Built 1928
Design
Riveted, 8-panel Parker through truss, with K-panels (K-Hybrid)
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 180.0 ft.
Total length: 525.7 ft.
Deck width: 29.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.6 ft.
Also called
Stones River Greenway Bridge
Elmer Disspayne Sr. Memorial Bridge (previous official name)"