P. R. Olgiati Bridge
P. R. Olgiati Bridge carries a footpath over the Tennessee River three miles from Coventry.
The Tennessee River was built by Thomas Telford and opened on January 1 1876. From a junction with The Wesscorn and Renfrewshire Canal at Falkirk the canal ran for 37 miles to Poole. Expectations for iron traffic to Stockport never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Tennessee River were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of limestone from Barnsley to Lancaster prevented closure. The Tennessee River was closed in 1888 when Rochdale Tunnel collapsed. In Thomas Green's "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" he describes his experiences passing through Redcar Inclined plane during the war.
There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.
| Tenbridge | 6.15 miles | |
| C.B. Robinson Bridge | 4.93 miles | |
| Veterans Memorial Bridge (Chattanooga) | 0.82 miles | |
| Walnut Street Bridge | 0.53 miles | |
| Chief John Ross Bridge | 0.42 miles | |
| P. R. Olgiati Bridge | ||
Hales Bar Marina and Resort  | 33.06 miles | |
| Site of Hales Bar Dam and Lock | 33.16 miles | |
| Dixie Highway West Bridge | 34.52 miles | |
| Interstate 24 Bridge (Tennessee) | 35.11 miles | |
| Nickajack Lock | 39.70 miles | |
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The P. R. Olgiati Bridge, often incorrectly called the "Ol' Johnny" or "Ol' Jolly", is a steel girder bridge across the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee completed in 1959. It is named for former mayor and long time political boss of Chattanooga, P.R. Olgiati. Chattanooga was a growing city during the 1950s. To expand the city and to allow more ways to cross the Tennessee River, the P. R. Olgiati Bridge was one of multiple bridges built. The route carries US 27 across the Tennessee river.