Big Four Bridge

Big Four Bridge is a sightseeing stop in Louisville, KY, part of the Louisville and the Bluegrass guide. Cost: free.

Waterfront Park, east end off River Rd · Louisville, KY

Why you should go…

The Big Four Bridge was built in 1895 as a railroad bridge and reopened to people on foot and bike in 2013. You climb a quarter-mile ramp from Waterfront Park, cross the Ohio River on the half-mile truss span and come down a second ramp in Jeffersonville, Indiana. After dark, programmable LED lights wrapped around the iron framework glow in changing colors over the river.

#pedestrian bridge
#ohio river
#waterfront
#biking
#sunset views

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