Span plan: Group works to open Harahan Bridge boardwalk
The Commercial Appeal
"Melton Holt looks forward to the day he'll be able to drive down to the Mississippi River, get out of his car and stroll or ride a bicycle on a boardwalk over the river while enjoying stunning vistas of Downtown Memphis."
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Photo by Brandon Dill
The Greater Memphis Greenline has enlisted support for a project that would repurpose the former automobile lanes of the Harahan Bridge as a pedestrian boardwalk over the Mississippi River between Memphis and Arkansas.
Courtesy Memphis/Shelby County Public Library & Information Center
The Harahan span was built in 1916 with roadways extending outward from either side of the main span to carry carriages, wagons and motor vehicles. The Greater Memphis Greenline members say the boardwalk would be built only on the north side of the bridge, which faces Downtown.