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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. Shelby Street Bridge construction
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.
Bon Jovi and others talked to the woman and helped her come back onto the bridge, police said. Jon Bon Jovi hugs a woman after helping talk her from a ledge of a pedestrian bridge in Nashville ...
2003 – Shelby Street pedestrian bridge opens. 2006 Schermerhorn Symphony Center opens. ... African-American History of Nashville, Tennessee, 1780–1930: ...
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 ...
Police in Nashville are crediting rock legend Jon Bon Jovi with coming to a woman’s aid on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge on Tuesday night.
On April 29, 2014, the bridge was renamed the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge. [8] In July 1957, Seigenthaler began a battle to eliminate corruption within the local branch of the Teamsters, noting the criminal backgrounds of key employees, along with the use of intimidation in keeping news of certain union activities quiet.