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Marion Memorial Bridge

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construction of the replacement bridge footings. Since the construction of the new bridge's footings involved blasting within 30 feet (9.1 m) of the Marion Memorial Bridge, state officials closed the bridge to vehicle and pedestrian traffic on January 9, 2012, with traffic being re-routed to the
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The bridge featured an unusual truss configuration that is a hybrid of the Parker and K-Truss configurations. The bridge was replaced by a new concrete and box girder span that opened in November 2014, slightly delayed from its target completion date of August 2013 by conditions encountered in the
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south of the span. The metal trusses of the bridge were demolished and removed by June 2015. The bridge was delisted from the National Register in June 2016. Some people in the community expressed the desire to preserve the bridge in some way.
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officials said the bridge was costly to maintain, citing as an example the repainting cost of $ 1 million.
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in November 2007, along with another similar bridge that carried Highway 58 over the Tennessee River in
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necessitated raising the bridge from its original height.
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Coordinates
35°01′41″N 85°32′37″W / 35.0280°N 85.5435°W / 35.0280; -85.5435
US 41
US 72
Tennessee River
Nickajack Lake
Truss bridge
truss
U.S. Route 41
Marion County, Tennessee
Tennessee River
Nickajack Lake
National Register of Historic Places
Interstate 24 bridge
Tennessee Department of Transportation
Nickajack Dam
reservoir
Meigs County, Tennessee
Tennessee Highway 58
Hiwassee River
imploded
Roane County
icon
Transport portal
icon
Engineering portal
United States portal
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Marion Memorial Bridge span to be demolished

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