Conway Bridge

This article is about a former bridge in Tennessee. For the early 19th century Welsh bridge, see Conwy Suspension Bridge.

The Conway Bridge was a historic road bridge that crossed the Nolichucky River between Greene County and Cocke County, Tennessee. It had also been known as Nolichucky River Bridge, as Bridge at Bird Hill, as Birds Hill Bridge and as Bridge at Conway Ferry.^[1]

Conway Bridge
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Briar Thicket, Tennessee
Coordinates	36°7′26″N 83°7′31″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1925
Built by	Steel and Lebby Bridge Co.
NRHP reference No.	09000948[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 20, 2009
Removed from NRHP	March 17, 2025

It was built in 1924–5 to replace the Conway Ferry that crossed the river at that site. The ferry was replaced by a bridge when the construction of the upstream Nolichucky Dam changed the water level in the river.^[2]

A four-span closed-spandrel arch bridge, it was built by the Steel and Lebby Bridge Co. of Knoxville.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

The bridge was washed away by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in September 2024,^[3] and was subsequently removed from the National Register.