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The Big Four Bridge crosses the Ohio River connecting Waterfront Park to Jeffersonville, Indiana. Constructed in 1895 as a railroad bridge, the Big Four Bridge first provided rail access for freight and passengers traveling between Louisville and Southern Indiana. The bridge operated until 1969 when it was decommissioned, the ramps removed ...
The Big Four Bridge fell into disuse after the Big Four Railroad's parent company, the New York Central Railroad, was merged into the Penn Central in 1968. The last train ran across the bridge on March 10, 1968. The Big Four Bridge's former traffic was then routed over Louisville's Fourteenth Street Bridge. From July 26, 1974, to January 1975 ...
The Belle of Louisville passed the Big Four Bridge as they fell behind the Belle of Cincinnati during the Great Steamboat Race on the Ohio River in Louisville, Ky. on May. 1, 2024.
The Big Four Pedestrian Bridge will be closed from 10 a.m. until midnight on Saturday, April 20. Signage will be placed on the Big Four Bridge to help notify the public of the closure.
Louisville's night sky is more brilliant since the installation of 1,472 LED lights in 2015 on The Big Four Bridge. An iconic landmark for the city, over a million visitors per year enjoy the ...
Big Four Bridge Arts Festival, held on the first weekend after labor day. Festival of Faiths, [ 23 ] a multi-day national interfaith gathering featuring music, poetry, film, art and dialogue with internationally renowned spiritual leaders, thinkers and practitioners, held at The Kentucky Center in November.
The Big Four Bridge spans the Ohio River and the state border, connecting Louisville with Jeffersonville, Indiana. Originally built as a railroad bridge in 1895, it was decommissioned in the '60s ...
There is a pedestrian sidewalk on each side of the bridge deck. The Clark Bridge was previously the only regional Ohio River bridge open to non-motorized traffic, until the opening of the Indiana side of the nearby Big Four Bridge to pedestrian and bicycle traffic in May 2014. [11] [12] [13]