According to Knoxville Police, officers responded to I-40 East near the Holston River Bridge where a Ford F-150 had crashed into the center median around 6:55 p.m. The driver of the truck ...

and destroyed two important bridges -- one across the Holston and the other across the Watauga River. The bridge across the Holston, at Blountsville, was guarded by 200 of our cavalry, who were ...

A pontoon bridge across the Tennessee River was constructed in this area by Union troops in 1863, according to "The French ...