Trestle # |
height |
length |
location |
comments |
1 |
21’ 8” |
253’ 2 ½” |
36°42’32.07”N
81°58’16.56”W |
Trail head in Abingdon |
2 |
39’ |
280’ 5 ½” |
36°41’06.65”N
81°56’39.43”W |
Near 3 mile marker |
3 |
44’ 6” |
250’ 11¾” |
36°40’55.66”N
81°56’38.75”W |
Near 3 mile marker |
4 |
44’ 7” |
495’ 8 ¼” |
36°40’43.12” N
81°56’11.27”W |
Watauga parking lot |
5 |
33’ 6” |
325’ 9 ½” |
36°40’50.72”N
81°55’24.59”W |
Near old marker 5 |
6 |
71’ 5” |
450’ 10” |
36°40’47.58”N
81°55’09.08”W |
Near gap in knobs |
7 |
30’ |
450’3/8” |
36°40’00.29”N
81°55’00.53”W |
New trestle in Keller Hollow |
8 |
24’10” |
300’4” |
36°39’52.97”N
81°54’40.40”W |
In Keller Hollow near Middle Fork of Holston River |
9 |
13’6” |
89’7” |
36°39’48.6”N
81°54’34.9”W |
9 & 10 trestles one long handrail, ground space between decks |
10 |
17’2” |
114’2” |
36°29’47.7”N
81°54’34.3”W |
9 & 10 trestles one long handrail, ground space between decks |
11 |
27’ 8” |
101’ 8” |
36°39’27.2”N
81°54’31.3”W |
To cross tie, dry ravine bottom |
12 |
37’ 5” |
620’ 10 3/8” |
36°39’16.70”N
81°54’12.08”W |
South Holston Lake full pool less 9.6” |
13 |
12’ 6½” |
176’ 10” |
36°38’40.87”N
81°52’51.07”W |
Dry road (711) passes under trestle |
14 |
12’ 6” |
115’ 2” |
36°38’43.64”N
81°52”30.85”W |
Dry road (711) passes under trestle |
15 |
14’ 4½” |
88’ 9” |
36°38’38.83”N
81°51’35.02”W |
Near where rt.712 crosses trail |
16 |
11’ 8” |
414’ 1” |
36°38’05.41”N
81°47’28.64”W |
Damascus near caboose |
17 |
18’ 2” |
407’ 9” |
36°37’55.90”N
81°47’10.65”W |
In south Damascus near swimming pool |
18 |
10’ 5” |
124’ 2” |
36°37’35.01”N
81°45’20.01”W |
|
19 |
18’ 4” |
130’ 8” |
36°37’44.97”N
81°45’21.54”W |
|
20 |
19’ 2” |
127’ 8” |
36°37’49.41”N
81°45’18.82”W |
|
21 |
14’ 5” |
141’ 8” |
36°38’03.4”N
81°44’54.2”W |
Metal bridge (to deck) |
22 |
8’ 4” |
58’ 6” |
36°38’35.91”N
81°44’21.09”W |
Near Straight Branch parking area- junction of Creeper Trail and AT |
23 |
8’ 10” |
126’ |
36°38’26.64”N
81°44’13.15”W |
|
24 |
15’ |
112’ |
36°38’22.53”N
81°44’02.47”W |
|
25 |
9’ 8” |
108’ |
36°37’58.35”N
81°43’46.73”W |
|
26 |
13” 8” |
99’ 8” |
36°37’53.46”N
81°43’32.17”W |
|
27 |
10’ 5” |
153’ 3” |
36°37’26.57”N
81°42’48.10”W |
Taylor’s Valley |
28 |
9’ |
12’ |
36°37’50.6”N
81°42’27.9”W |
To deck |
29 |
14’ 7 ½” |
86’ |
36°37’59.6”N
81°42’31.3”W |
|
30 |
8’ 7½” |
122’ |
36°38’12.73”N
81°42’11.74”W |
|
31 |
13’ 4” |
117’ 6” |
36°38’9.0”N
81°41’56.1”W |
|
32 |
9’ 11” |
89’ 10” |
36°38’39.3”N
81°41’34.0”W |
To cross tie |
33 |
12’ 4” |
86’ 4” |
36°38’46.7”N
81°41’18.1”W |
To cross tie |
34 |
11’ 2” |
97’ 5” |
36°38’49.0”N
81°41’14.0”W |
To cross tie |
35 |
11’ 9” |
128’ |
36°38’53.9”N
81°40’57.1”W |
To cross tie (being replaced) |
36 |
8’ 9” |
98’ 4” |
36°38’53.2”N
81°40’56.7”W |
To cross tie (being replaced) |
37 |
13’ |
129’ 6” |
36°38’58.2”N
81°40’46.4”W |
To cross tie |
38 |
54’ |
537’ 2” |
36°38’51.79”N
81°40’20.27”W |
Creek Junction - to cross tie |
39 |
48’ 2” |
201’ |
36°38’46.10”N
81°40.19.90”W |
Creek Junction - to cross tie |
40 |
18’ 4” |
56’ |
36°38’19.2”N
81°40’17.2”W |
To cross tie |
41 |
9’ 2” |
60’ |
36°38’05.8”N
81°40’01.3”W |
To cross tie; near intersection of trail and rt. 859 |
42 |
9’ 11” |
35’ |
36°37’50.3”N
81°39’49.9”W |
Metal bridge - to deck |
43 |
6’ 8½” |
35’ |
36°37’45.40”N
81°39’48.0”W |
Metal bridge - to deck |
44 |
5’ 6” |
43’ 4” |
36°37’45.48”N
81°39’48.18”W |
To deck |
45 |
5’ 3½” |
57’ |
36°37’15.48”N
81°39’31.0”W |
To deck |
46 |
63’ |
270’ 3” |
36°36’25.56”N
81°38’06.96”W |
Between Whitetop & Green Cove |
47 |
20’ |
58’ 1½” |
36°35’43.27”N
81°37’18.88”W |
Last trestle before NC line |
A trestle is a bridge that consists of a number of short spans, supported by splayed vertical elements
and is usually for railroad use. A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track,
river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. Trestle: short spans. Bridge: all the way across.
For our purposes here, we just call everything a trestle.