Harahan Bridge

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Harahan Bridge is a historic railroad and vehicular bridge over the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, known for its early 20th-century engineering and later conversion to include a popular pedestrian and bicycle trail.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pedestrian bridge ⓘ
railroad bridge ⓘ
truss bridge ⓘ
vehicular bridge ⓘ
addedPedestrianBicycleTrail Big River Crossing ⓘ
BigRiverCrossingOpened 2016 ⓘ
carries bicycle traffic ⓘ
pedestrian traffic ⓘ
railroad traffic ⓘ
connects Crittenden County, Arkansas ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1914 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Mississippi River ⓘ
designedAs steel truss bridge ⓘ
era early 20th century engineering ⓘ
hasDesign through truss ⓘ
hasFeature cantilevered boardwalk for pedestrians and cyclists ⓘ
hasNameVariant Harahan Railroad Bridge ⓘ
Harahan Viaduct and Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Harahan Bridge
hasNumberOfSpans 3 main river spans ⓘ
hasTourismFunction recreational trail ⓘ
hasViewOf Mississippi River ⓘ
downtown Memphis skyline ⓘ
historicalUse combined rail and highway bridge ⓘ
isHistoric true ⓘ
locatedIn Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedNear Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Memphis
maintainedBy Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
namedAfter James T. Harahan ⓘ
notableFor conversion to multiuse pedestrian and bicycle trail ⓘ
historic railroad crossing of the Mississippi River ⓘ
opened 1916 ⓘ
openedToRailTraffic 1916 ⓘ
originallyCarried vehicular traffic ⓘ
owner Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
parallelTo Frisco Bridge ⓘ
Memphis–Arkansas Bridge ⓘ
partOf railroad crossing of the Mississippi River at Memphis ⓘ
regionServed Memphis metropolitan area ⓘ
riverCrossed Mississippi River ⓘ
roadwayApproachLocation on wooden trestles over Arkansas floodplain (historical) ⓘ
state Arkansas ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
usedByRailroad Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ralph Modjeski → notableWork → Harahan Bridge ⓘ
Mississippi River at Memphis → crossedBy → Harahan Bridge ⓘ
Waddell & Harrington → notableWork → Harahan Bridge ⓘ
Mississippi River bridges → includes → Harahan Bridge ⓘ
Ralph Modjeski → notableWork → Harahan Bridge ⓘ
subject linked to: Modjeski
Harahan Bridge → hasNameVariant → Harahan Viaduct and Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Harahan Bridge
Rudolf Modrzejewski → notableWork → Harahan Bridge ⓘ
Frisco Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Harahan Bridge (railroad predecessor context) ⓘ
linked to: Harahan Bridge
Frisco Bridge → adjacentTo → Harahan Bridge ⓘ