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The John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge (previously called the Shelby Street Bridge or Shelby Avenue Bridge) is a truss bridge that spans the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The bridge spans 3,150 feet (960 m) [ 1 ] and is one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
The idea of building the Gateway Bridge was conceived in 1996, as a way to turn the 1909 Shelby Street Bridge into a pedestrian bridge. [2] The Shelby Street Bridge had later been renamed the Korean War Veterans of Tennessee Memorial Bridge, and a commemorative plaque was installed. [3] In 1998, the Shelby Street Bridge was closed to traffic.
This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Cumberland River from the Ohio River near Smithland upstream through northern Tennessee to the split into Martin's Fork and the Poor Fork near Baxter, in Harlan County, Kentucky.
Chief John Ross Bridge Bascule bridge: Memphis & Arkansas Bridge: 1949 2001-02-16 Memphis: Shelby: Warren through truss bridge, carries I-55 across the Mississippi River. Montgomery Bell Tunnel: 1819 1994-04-19 White Bluff
Cumberland Park is East Nashville's newest park. It took shape along the east bank of the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The park sits just south of Nissan Stadium, between the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge and the Gateway Bridge. The area was once a high industrial and factory based river bank that was easily accessible to ships.
Jon Bon Jovi was filming a music video on Tuesday, Sept. 10 when he helped save a woman in crisis on a Nashville pedestrian bridge. On Wednesday, Sept. 11, the Metropolitan Nashville Police ...
The Metro Nashville Police Department shared a video Sept. 11 on X that authorities say shows the 62-year-old rocker walking along the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge on Tuesday. In the clip ...
Suspension bridge built over the Cumberland River. [5] Population: 10,165. [11] 1851 Nashville Gas Light Company in operation. [5] Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway starts operating. 1852 Public school system inaugurated. [5] Davidson County Jail built. [5] 1854 Southern Methodist Publishing House headquartered in Nashville. [15]