That's a bridge spanning the Tennessee River? Where is it supposed to be?

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

I seem to recall it was somewhere near Gay St. bridge to connect to the proposed riverwalk/park, but I'm not certain.

The Mrs. noted it doesn't sound like enough money to build a new bridge. Maybe it's attached to one of the existing bridges like they did on the Buck Karnes Alcoa Hwy. bridge.

The marina/dock on that new S. waterfront complex opposite Neyland already goes about half way across the river. Maybe they'll tie onto that.

maybe it's a new sidewalk for the henley street bridge when it's renovated.

whatever it's for, $500K for pedestrians is a hopeful sign ..

I'm all for non-auto infrastructure spending--I just hope there's a good plan in place to make it worthwhile.

They built a great pedestrian extension on the Buck Karnes Bridge, but there's really no where to go when you get on the south side.

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

The Mayor announced this at Council Tuesday. He said it was not nearly enough to build the bridge, which is part of the overall South Waterfront plan. It's just a start - if it's built the rest of the $$$ will have to come from elsewhere.

The bridge is slated go from Lake Loudon Blvd drive to Clancy Ave. Which is the east end of Scottish Pike.

Now if the kids that are zooming up the road in their sports cars and SUVs actually got on their bikes and used it this might be a good thing for the neighborhood but I'm not convinced.

With all the "public participation" that went on, why was bridge siting rarely discussed?

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A stand alone pedestrian bridge that will not interfere with river traffic must be an expensive project. Surely the thing to do is to modify the Gay Street or Henley Street bridge.

I have heard CSX dispatchers in the past warning train crews of trespassers on their railroad bridge during football games and Boomsday. Norfolk Southern has also become more aggressive in their prosecution of trespassers.

Nobody in Knoxville would consider federal money to accommodate game day traffic as pork.

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it's obviously an attempt to accomodate a student population in the housing units built on the south bank, and possibly enable students living on cherokee trail to access the campus without driving across the gay street bridge.

There are no pork projects or 9000 earmarks in that bill!

It seems like there are shovel-ready components to the South Waterfront plan, but this is not one. The siting has not been discussed, and the Lake Loudoun Blvd terminus is a poor choice for depositing foot traffic. Compliance with river traffic is not a trivial matter, and can you span the Tennessee River without doing an EIS?

I was expecting the roundabouts to be our shovel-ready pork sandwich.

I heard it was five million dollars minimum for a pedestrian bridge.

Anyone know how much the walkway addition was for the Alcoa Highway Bridge?