Byrd Creek Dam and Bridge - Cumberland Mountain State Park - Crossville, Tennessee

The Byrd Creek Dam and Bridge, also known as Cumberland Mountain State Park Stone Arch Bridge, is a concrete stone arch bridge and the centerpiece of the Cumberland Mountain State Park near Crossville, Tennessee. The dam was built on Byrd Creek forming an approximately 50 acre lake on the southeast side. Highway TN419 carries the seven span bridge which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Cumberland Homesteads Historic District. Byrd Creek Dam is the largest masonry structure ever built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Here is the text of the nearby historic marker:
Men of the Civilian Conservation Corps' Company 3464 built this unsuspended bridge between 1935 and 1940, for a 50-acre impoundment of Byrd's Creek. Three thousand five hundred and fifty cubic yards of dirt and rock were excavated and the core, containing 8,000 tons of concrete, is faced with Crab Orchard stone for the entire 319-foot span. Seven spillways, rising 28 feet above the stream bed, carry the 18-foot roadway approximately 16 feet above water level.

The Cumberland Homesteads Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on September 30, 1988 and includes the Byrd Creek Dam and Bridge within Cumberland Mountain State Park seen in the photograph above.

npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/157e56d0-0c05-4d61-a12...

tnstateparks.com/parks/cumberland-mountain

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5000 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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Taken on: February 26, 2011

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Camera: Nikon D5000, f/8.0, 18mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5000
Aperture:	f/8.0
Focal Length:	18mm
ISO:	250
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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