List of covered bridges in Tennessee

Covered bridges in Tennessee include those listed in the following table.

Name Image County Location Built Length Crosses Truss Notes
Bible Bridge[1][2] Greene Warrensburg
36°7′28″N 83°3′11″W / 36.12444°N 83.05306°W / 36.12444; -83.05306 (Bible Bridge) 		1922 57 feet (17 m) Little Chucky Creek Queen Also called Chucky Bridge
Elizabethton Covered Bridge[2][3] Carter Elizabethton
36°20′50″N 82°12′43″W / 36.34722°N 82.21194°W / 36.34722; -82.21194 (Elizabethton Covered Bridge) 		1882 134 feet (41 m) Doe River Howe
Emerts Cove Covered Bridge[4]: 424 [5] Sevier Gatlinburg
35°44′51″N 83°24′58″W / 35.74750°N 83.41611°W / 35.74750; -83.41611 (Emerts Cove Covered Bridge) 		2000 84 feet (26 m) Little Pigeon River Stringer
Harrisburg Covered Bridge[2][3] Sevier Sevierville
35°51′39″N 83°28′57″W / 35.86083°N 83.48250°W / 35.86083; -83.48250 (Harrisburg Covered Bridge) 		1875 88 feet (27 m) East Fork, Little Pigeon River King Also called Pigeon River Covered Bridge, East Fork Bridge, or McNutts Bridge
Holder Bridge[4]: 402 [5] Hamblen Morristown
36°14′41″N 83°21′27″W / 36.24472°N 83.35750°W / 36.24472; -83.35750 (Holder Bridge) 		1919 27 feet (8.2 m) Moyer Branch Stringer Private property, but ask at home on right if you can take a closer look (very welcoming)
Parks Bridge[1][2] Obion Trimble
36°12′18″N 89°11′28″W / 36.20500°N 89.19111°W / 36.20500; -89.19111 (Parks Bridge) 		1912, rebuilt 1997 33 feet (10 m) Dry land King Also called Emerson E. Parks Farm Bridge

Former covered bridges in the state include[6]

Name Image County Location Built Length Crosses Truss Notes
Brice's Covered Bridge Knox 1878 110 feet (34 m) Big Flat Creek Burned in 1968.
Bloomingdale Covered Bridge Sullivan ca. 1880 44 feet (13 m) Reedy Creek Collapsed in or before 1965.
David Crockette State Park Covered Bridge Lawrence Lawrenceburg
35°15′53.2″N 87°21′22.0″W / 35.264778°N 87.356111°W / 35.264778; -87.356111 (David Crockette State Park Covered Bridge) 		1959 58 feet (18 m) Shoal Creek Washed away by flood in 1998. Replica built in 1999.
Glen Raven Covered Bridge Robertson Cedar Hill Sulphur Fork (Red River) Removed in 1958.
Paint Rock Creek Covered Bridge Scott Huntsville ca. 1870 33 feet (10 m) Paint Rock Creek Burned in March of 1980. Was included on the National Register of Historic Places before its destruction.
Port Royal Covered Bridge Montgomery Port Royal
36°33′16.9″N 87°08′33.7″W / 36.554694°N 87.142694°W / 36.554694; -87.142694 (Port Royal Covered Bridge) 		1903 Red River Burr Damaged by flood in 1998.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Douglas Matus, "The Covered Bridges in Tennessee", USA Today
  2. ^ a b c d Caswell, William S. World Guide to Covered Bridges (2021 ed.). Concord, New Hampshire: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. pp. 136–137. ISBN 978-0-578-30263-8.
  3. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. ^ a b White, Warren H. (2017), Covered Bridges in the Southeastern United States: A Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog, McFarland, ISBN 9780786491605
  5. ^ a b "Tennessee Covered Bridges List". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Dale J. Travis. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  6. ^ "Former Covered Bridges". Tennessee Departmend of Transportation. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
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