Gay st bridge knoxville

That road has seen a large amount of additional growth in recent years, drawing a multimillion-dollar infrastructure investment from the city. Smith pointed out that the bridge still holds a great deal of significance to the Island Home and South Knoxville communities, particularly to small businesses along Sevier Avenue.

Pierce Gentry. Next Up:. All Streams. The bridge in The Gay Street Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that crosses the Tennessee River in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.

The bridge was closed abruptly last June after a routine inspection discovered a distorted steel beam in its superstructure, which supports the deck. Play Live Radio. If approved, Kincannon estimates repairs will be completed by the end of this year or the beginning of Search Query Show Search.

According to Knoxville Deputy Director of Engineering Christopher Howley, repairing the bridge for vehicle use would be too costly to make it worthwhile for the city. Completed inthe 1,foot ( m) bridge [1] is the oldest of four vehicle bridges connecting Downtown Knoxville with South Knoxville, the other three being the Henley Bridge, the James E.

"Buck" Karnes Bridge (Alcoa Highway), and the James C. Ford. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email. According to the Tennessee's Survey Report for Historic Highway Bridges, the building cost for the Gay Street Bridge reached $, You can find more interesting facts about the bridge in Chapter 6, pages of the survey report.

Built in and opening on July 4th, the 1,foot-long arched cantilever steel bridge is the oldest bridge spanning the Tennessee River in Knoxville. See stories by Pierce Gentry. Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon announced on Wednesday the historic Gay Street Bridge, which spans the Tennessee River connecting North and South Knoxville, will never reopen to regular vehicular traffic due to the price of repairs.

When the Gay Street Bridge opened init extended the Knoxville trolley line across the river to the Island Home neighborhood, accelerating growth in an area that had previously been largely cut off from downtown. After months of uncertainty following the sudden shutdown of downtown Knoxville's historic Gay Street Bridge last summer, drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians finally have an answer: The bridge.

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