Walnut Street Bridge | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Peoples_bridge_Susquehanna.JPG) The People's Bridge. The view facing City Island. | |
| Coordinates | 40°15′27″N 76°53′10″W / 40.2575°N 76.886°W |
| Carries | Pedestrians |
| Crosses | Susquehanna River |
| Locale | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Other name(s) | The People's Bridge "Old Shakey" |
| Maintained by | Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Wrought iron truss bridge |
| Total length | 2,801 feet (854 m) |
| Longest span | 240 feet (73 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1890 |
| Designated | N/A[1] |
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The Walnut Street Bridge also known as The People's Bridge, is a truss bridge that spanned the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania until 1996. Built by the Phoenix Bridge Company in 1890, it is the oldest remaining bridge connecting Harrisburg's downtown and Riverfront Park with City Island.[2] Since flooding in 1996 collapsed sections of the western span, it no longer connects to the West Shore. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. A 2014 Cross-River Connections Study notes that the bridge currently serves as an "important bicycle and pedestrian link between City Island and downtown Harrisburg, connecting the city and the Capital Area Greenbelt to special events on City Island."[3]
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ^ LaFond Jr., E.F. (1971). "Walnut Street Bridge" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ "Cross-River Connections Study" (PDF). Tri-County Regional Planning Commission. 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2021.