Henley Bridge Updates Beginning January 2011
August 18, 2010 - The Henley Bridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, will receive structural updates beginning January 2011. The bridge will be closed to traffic during a 30-36 month period. Updates to deteriorated concrete, deteriorated decks over each of the four main spans, and deteriorated floor beams will be performed. The changes will enable the bridge to meet current safety standards. The main arches and piers are the only salvageable components of the original structure. All other components will need to be removed and replaced due to excessive degradation. Those include the deck, sidewalks, railings, girders, floor beams, spandrel columns to the top of the existing concrete arches, upper portions of the abutments and piers, wing walls, and roadway approach slabs.
More than 38,000 vehicles will be detoured to James White Parkway and across the South Knoxville Bridge once construction begins. Additional turning lanes and traffic lights will be placed along Moody Avenue where it intersects James White Parkway and Chapman Highway. Chapman Highway will remain open between Moody and Blount Avenues.
For more information about Henley Bridge updates, visit the project’s website: www.tn.gov/henley.