The Tri-County Veterans Bridge located in

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

, carries

Tennessee State Route 60 State Route 60 (SR 60) is a north-south major state route in Eastern Tennessee. It covers and runs from the Tennessee-Georgia state line in Bradley County to Dayton joining US 27. Route description Bradley County SR 60 begins at the Georgia ...

over

Chickamauga Lake Chickamauga Lake is a reservoir in the United States along the Tennessee River created when the Chickamauga Dam, as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority, was completed in 1940. The lake stretches from Watts Bar Dam at mile 529.9 (853 km) ...

on the

Tennessee River The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names, ...

. It connects Meigs and Rhea counties just north of Hamilton County. It is located just south of the

confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...

of the Tennessee and

Hiwassee River The Hiwassee River has its headwaters on the north slope of Rocky Mountain in Towns County in the northern area of the State of Georgia. It flows northward into North Carolina before turning westward into Tennessee, flowing into the Tennessee Riv ...

as well as

Hiwassee Island Hiwassee Island, also known as Jollys Island and Benham Island, is located in Meigs County, Tennessee, at the confluence of the Tennessee and Hiwassee Rivers. It is about northeast of Chattanooga. The island was the second largest land mass on th ...

near descending river mile 500. It replaced Blythe Ferry upon its completion in 1994.

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Bridges over the Tennessee River Buildings and structures in Hamilton County, Tennessee Road bridges in Tennessee Transportation in Hamilton County, Tennessee Bridges completed in 1994 Transportation in Rhea County, Tennessee Tennessee State Route 60 1994 establishments in Tennessee Transportation in Meigs County, Tennessee {{Tennessee-bridge-struct-stub

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