# Where is this mystery bridge?

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**Created:** [December 1, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-mystery-bridge/675195 "2013-12-01T07:41:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-mystery-bridge/675195/1 "2013-12-01T07:41:22Z")

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I don’t know why the memory of this bridge- or what’s left of it, intrigues me:  
Somewhere, there is an elevated stretch of Interstate. It passes over an old neighborhood, and when it was built, it was necessary to demolish an older bridge that ran perpendicular to it. To save money (I guess) they just tore down the center of the old bridge and left the remainder of it like a barricaded ramp. I saw it at night, and with the kudzu growing on it it looked kind of spooky. I was thinking it was in Memphis or Chattanooga, but I just can’t find it on Google Earth. Sound familiar?

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-mystery-bridge/675195/2 "2013-12-01T17:40:14Z")

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I don’t know of any like that in the Chattanooga area, and I’ve driven/been a passenger a number of times on the interstates in and around there many times over the years. That doesn’t mean it couldn’t be there, of course.

I did an ugly google search and here are some possibilities that came up, in the Memphis area:

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[li][http://www.geolocation.ws/v/P/42705997/abandoned-exit-with-kudzu/en](http://www.geolocation.ws/v/P/42705997/abandoned-exit-with-kudzu/en)[/li][li][http://www.geolocation.ws/v/P/42705949/abandoned-wooden-bridge/en](http://www.geolocation.ws/v/P/42705949/abandoned-wooden-bridge/en)[/li][li][http://www.geolocation.ws/v/P/42705715/abandoned-exit-ramp/en](http://www.geolocation.ws/v/P/42705715/abandoned-exit-ramp/en)[/li][li][http://www.geolocation.ws/v/P/42705958/harahan-bridge-from-arkansas-with-kudzu/en](http://www.geolocation.ws/v/P/42705958/harahan-bridge-from-arkansas-with-kudzu/en)[/li][/ul]

You might do some hunting on [BridgeHunter.net](http://bridgehunter.com/) - it came up in my last search, and now I’m distracted looking at it 🙂

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-mystery-bridge/675195/3 "2013-12-02T05:14:52Z")

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Or post to [aaroads.com](http://aaroads.com), the forum for roadgeeks.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-mystery-bridge/675195/4 "2013-12-02T19:29:42Z")

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> [@Lsura](#):
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> You might do some hunting on [BridgeHunter.net](http://bridgehunter.com/) - it came up in my last search, and now I’m distracted looking at it 🙂

Thanks, L. They let me post (I pasted my OP from here) without even registering 🙂