Bridges & Tunnels

Click here for an interactive Google Maps of the ET&WNC right of way along with depots, facilities and bridges place marked on the map.

#### References

1. ↑ Bill Schneck
2. ↑ Largely adapted from: The Blue Ridge Stemwinder, An Illustrated History of the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad and the Linville River Railway, by John R Waite and Chris H. Ford, 2003, pages 354 – 357. "The Hampton Covered Thru Truss Bridge," by John R. Waite, in The Blue Ridge Stemwinder, Spring/Summer 2005 (Volume 6, Number 1), pages 7 – 11, included: "Ario Pardee and his associates began finishing the ET&WNC in 1880. They contracted with Joseph H. Cofrode and Francis H. Saylor of Philadelphia to build all the bridges needed to complete the railroad to Cranberry. They built five wooden Howe truss bridges between Hampton and Cranberry; one over the Little Doe River (#4), three in the Doe River Gorge (#5, #6, and #7), and one at Shell Creek (#9). All except the Shell Creek bridge, were finished by the end of 1881. It was completed the next year…. They were rebuilt in 1891 and 1892. The company then covered them in order to protect them from the elements." Interestingly, Bridge #8, over Wilson Creek, is also identified as a covered Howe wood thru truss bridge. The author has not found any information on this discrepancy. This article also includes plans and a number of photographs of Bridge #4.
3. ↑ For a photograph of this bridge, see The Blue Ridge Stemwinder, An Illustrated History of the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad and the Linville River Railway, by John R Waite and Chris H. Ford, 2003, page 18, which is captioned: "Engine #1, pulling one passenger car, crosses the original Howe truss bridge at Buffalo Creek between Johnson City and Elizabethton in the mid-1880s."
4. ↑ For photographs of this bridge, see "Valley Forge," in "The Cy Crumley Scrapbook, ET&WNC Railroad, Tour 5a: Bemberg," available online at: http://www.stateoffranklin.net/johnsons/crumley/tour5a.htm, Carter County, by Jackie Peters, Dawn Trivette Peters, 2012, page 43, and Ghost Railroads of Tennessee, by Elmer Griffith Sulzer, 1975, page 118.
5. ↑ For photographs and plans of this bridge see "The Hampton Covered Deck Bridge," by John R. Waite, in The Blue Ridge Stemwinder, Winter 1992 (Volume 4, Number 3), pages 7 – 10.
6. ↑ For photographs and plans of this bridge see "The Hampton Covered Thru Truss Bridge," by John R. Waite, in The Blue Ridge Stemwinder, Spring/Summer 2005 (Volume 6, Number 1), pages 7 – 11.
7. ↑ For photographs of this bridge, see "Lower Doe River Gorge: Layout Design Element," by John R. Waite, in The Blue Ridge Stemwinder, Spring/Summer 2005 (Volume 6, Number 1), pages 7 and 10, and "Through the Gorge," in "The Cy Crumley Scrapbook, ET&WNC Railroad, Tour 2A: George W. Hardin," available online at:
http://www.stateoffranklin.net/johnsons/crumley/tour2a.htm
8. ↑ For photographs of this bridge, see "Lower Doe River Gorge: Layout Design Element," by John R. Waite, in The Blue Ridge Stemwinder, Spring/Summer 2005 (Volume 6, Number 1), pages 12 – 13.
9. ↑ For photographs and drawings of this bridge, see "Blevins Bridge," by John R. Waite, in The Blue Ridge Stemwinder, April, May, June 1993, (Volume 5, Number 4), pages 8 – 11. The drawings of this bridge are also in "Lower Doe River Gorge: Layout Design Element," by John R. Waite, in The Blue Ridge Stemwinder, Spring/Summer 2005 (Volume 6, Number 1), pages 14 – 15.
10. ↑ https://urbaneagle.com/etwnc-aerialpics/