John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge
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. It was originally opened on July 5, 1909. It was reopened as a pedestrian bridge on August 3, 2003. The bridge is 960 metres (3,150 feet) long.[1] It is one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
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Design | multi-span truss bridge |
Clearance above | 16 feet (4.9 m) |
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It was originally named the Shelby Street Bridge. It was renamed in April 2014 in honor of John Seigenthaler.[2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 HAER TN-38, page 18. "The bridge has a total length of 3,150 feet, including the approaches and abutments. The bridge length between centerlines of bearings at abutments is 2,280 feet and 9.5 inches."
- ↑ Cass, Michael (April 29, 2014). "John Seigenthaler honored with renaming of bridge". The Tennessean. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2014/04/29/john-seigenthaler-honored-renaming-bridge/8494057/. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
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