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Big Four Bridge, Louisville, KY

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Big Four Bridge

Walk or bike a half-mile 1895 railroad bridge over the Ohio River between Louisville and Jeffersonville, Indiana.

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

About Big Four Bridge

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.

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