Market Street Bridge is a photograph by Tom Gari Gallery-Three-Photography which was uploaded on November 14th, 2014.
Market Street Bridge
The John Ross Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Tennessee River between downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the Northshore District. it is... more
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Market Street Bridge
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Tom Gari Gallery-Three-Photography
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Photograph - Photography
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The John Ross Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Tennessee River between downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the Northshore District. it is reffered to as the Market Street Bridge because of the road that it is on. The official name was chosen in honor of Cherokee Chief John Ross. The bridge was completed in 1917 at a cost of $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. At the time of its completion in 1917, the 300-foot 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 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
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