{"id":102,"date":"2019-10-15T15:11:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T19:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/?p=102"},"modified":"2019-10-15T15:11:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T19:11:04","slug":"walnut-street-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"Walnut Street Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Walnut Street Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that spans the Tennessee River in Chattanooga. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It starts on one side at Coolidge Park, and ends on the other side near the Bluff View District and Aquarium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking the bridge was one of the local activities I had wanted to do the most, but we waited a while until it got cooler out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bridge was completed in 1891 and it is one of the world’s longest pedestrian bridges. It initially was open to vehicle traffic, but then was discontinued in use in the 1970s. It was restored and reopened in 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is some dark history surrounding the bridge too. In the 1890s, two black men were lynched on the bridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we were on the bridge on a Friday morning, there were lots of people out and about. There were families, couples, tourists and exercisers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bridge seems large when it’s looming overhead, but once you’re actually up there walking across, it doesn’t seem so long. Going one way took about maybe 15 minutes, and we stopped to take a bunch of photos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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