Sunset Bridges of Chattanooga Walnut Street Market Street
by Reid Callaway
Title
Sunset Bridges of Chattanooga Walnut Street Market Street
Artist
Reid Callaway
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Sunset Bridges of Chattanooga.....by Reid Callaway
Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge
Market Street or Chief John Ross Bridge Art
The Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge is actually an old rail road truss style bridge transformed into a pedestrian walkway in the downtown section of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Captured late in the evening just after a group of thunderstorms rolled thru Chattanooga, Tennessee and this beautiful scene emerged. Three bridges can be seen in this one image along with mountains and the many fine hotels and a riverboat that is docked at the shoreline.
Built in 1890, the 2,376 feet (724 m) Walnut Street Bridge was the first to connect Chattanooga, Tennessee's downtown with the North Shore. According to a plaque on the bridge, Edwin Thacher was the chief engineer for the bridge. The bridge's superstructure was assembled by the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio, which was a prolific late 19th-century bridge builder. The bridge's substructure was constructed by Neeley, Smith, and Company of Chattanooga. Most of the parts for the bridge were manufactured by Manly Jail Works of Dalton, Georgia and then shipped to the site by rail. The bridge's main spans are pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss spans. The top chord of these truss spans are configured in five sections, making the spans similar to the Camelback truss design. The bridge is historically significant as an extremely long and old example of its type; according to the Historic American Engineering Record: "The bridge was apparently the first non-military highway bridge across the Tennessee River."
The Market Street Bridge can be seen just behind the Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge.
The Market Street Bridge, officially referred to as the Chief 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. Highway 127), and was named in honor of Cherokee Chief John Ross. The bridge was completed in 1917 at a cost of $1 million.
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 (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.
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Reid Callaway
Thank you Larry Kniskern for admiring my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 6/17/2022
Reid Callaway
Thank you Nane Space for enjoying my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 6/23/2020
Beverly Guilliams
Congrats!!....A Beautiful Blessing. And Thank You Much for Blessing me..... Sale.
Reid Callaway replied:
Beverly, I'm married to A Daughter of the King! Much thanks for your work and encouraging words thru the years.
Reid Callaway
Thank you to the buyer from Chattanooga, TN for the purchase of my image, "Sunset Bridges of Chattanooga" as a 30" x 20" Luster Photo Paper Print! May this image be a Blessing to you for years to come. 6/22/2020
Reid Callaway
Thank you Starving Artist for featuring my artwork in our group... Starving Artist Photography! 8/4/2019
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Thank you Mary Ann for appreciating my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 11/26/2018
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Thank you Jan Mulherin for featuring my artwork in our group....Shadows Silhouettes and Reflections”! 11/22/2018
Reid Callaway
Thank you Tatiana Travelways for featuring my artwork in our group... Travel Art! 11/22/2018
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Shadow Silhouettes and Reflections Outdoors” Group Home Page. If enabled, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 November: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Thank you for your participation in the group! (November 21, 2018)
Tatiana Travelways
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Reid Callaway
Thank you Romuald Henry Wasielewski for featuring my artwork in our group... Arts Fantastic World! 9/27/2018
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Thank you Doug Norkum for featuring my artwork in our group...H D R Photography! 9/24/2018
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