Landmark
John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge
Truss bridge over the Cumberland, converted into a pedestrian boardwalk with river overlooks.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge in Nashville looks past the bridge to a hundred-foot tangle of red steel on the Cumberland's east bank, easy to mistake for a wrecked crane. It follows the sculptor Alice Aycock and the work she titled Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks, built on the site of the city's old rail and river industry. You will hear what she did with a genuine piece of dismantled machinery, and how this nineteen-oh-nine bridge survived its own brush with demolition. Best seen from the east rail as the lights come up at dusk.
This audio guide was created using AI.