Harahan Bridge

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Harahan Bridge is a historic railroad and vehicular bridge over the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, known for its early 20th-century engineering and later conversion to include a popular pedestrian and bicycle trail.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pedestrian bridge
railroad bridge
truss bridge
vehicular bridge
addedPedestrianBicycleTrail Big River Crossing NERFINISHED
BigRiverCrossingOpened 2016
carries bicycle traffic
pedestrian traffic
railroad traffic
connects Crittenden County, Arkansas NERFINISHED
Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1914
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Mississippi River NERFINISHED
designedAs steel truss bridge
era early 20th century engineering
hasDesign through truss
hasFeature cantilevered boardwalk for pedestrians and cyclists
hasNameVariant Harahan Railroad Bridge NERFINISHED
Harahan Viaduct and Bridge NERFINISHED
hasNumberOfSpans 3 main river spans
hasTourismFunction recreational trail
hasViewOf Mississippi River NERFINISHED
downtown Memphis skyline
historicalUse combined rail and highway bridge
isHistoric true
locatedIn Shelby County, Tennessee NERFINISHED
Tennessee
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedNear Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED
maintainedBy Union Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED
namedAfter James T. Harahan NERFINISHED
notableFor conversion to multiuse pedestrian and bicycle trail
historic railroad crossing of the Mississippi River
opened 1916
openedToRailTraffic 1916
originallyCarried vehicular traffic
owner Union Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED
parallelTo Frisco Bridge NERFINISHED
Memphis–Arkansas Bridge NERFINISHED
partOf railroad crossing of the Mississippi River at Memphis
regionServed Memphis metropolitan area NERFINISHED
riverCrossed Mississippi River NERFINISHED
roadwayApproachLocation on wooden trestles over Arkansas floodplain (historical)
state Arkansas
Tennessee
usedByRailroad Union Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED

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Ralph Modjeski notableWork Harahan Bridge
Mississippi River at Memphis crossedBy Harahan Bridge