NEW USES FOR OLD BRIDGES

The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) created special new provisions for historic preservation, including bridge restoration. Communities are now using the ISTEA to transform outdated bridges across the country. The James J. Hill Stone Arch Bridge, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the only one of its kind constructed over the Mississippi River and is also the waterway's second-oldest structure. Even so, the bridge was abandoned in 1978. After structural revitalization and installation of a trolley and bikeway flanked by two walkways, the bridge was reopened to pedestrians and cyclists in 1994. The Walnut Street Bridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee was built in 1891 and is the oldest surviving bridge across the Tennessee River; however, in 1978, it faced certain demolition because of its advanced deterioration. An involved reuse plan was completed in 1993, and the bridge is now the world's longest pedestrian bridge. Several imaginative potential-use plans have been formulated for the Keller Memorial Bridge that spans the Tennessee River in Decatur, Alabama. With the construction of a National Football League stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, plans are being made to convert the Shelby Street Bridge, which had been scheduled for demolition, into a pedestrian and tourist trolley thoroughfare, which will help relieve congestion to and from the new arena.

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• Authors:
  • Sivakumar, B
  • Pullaro, J J
• Publication Date: 1997-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 58-61
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle lanes; Bikeways; Bridges; Case studies; Financing; Footbridges; Historic bridges; Historic preservation; Reconstruction; Trolley cars; Walkways
• Identifier Terms: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
• Uncontrolled Terms: Restoration
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Highways; History; Maintenance and Preservation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00745139
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 16 1998 12:00AM