REHABILITATION OF TDOT'S SR56 DECK TRUSS BRIDGE CROSSING

In the fall of 1949 a new bridge near Smithville, TN carrying relocated SR56 over Caney Fork River was opened to traffic. Begun in fall 1947, the 1,786-feet long structure rose 274-feet above the River bed. The bridge construction and road relocation was necessary to accommodate closure of the newly constructed Center Hill Dam and subsequent 64 mile long 190 feet deep impoundment of the River.