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Title	Sparkman Street Bridge, between 1909 and 1915
Corporate name	Nashville Bridge Company Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Topical entry	Capital City Downtown Nashville Transportation Business Postcards--Tennessee--Nashville Bridges--Tennessee--Nashville Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville Transportation--Tennessee--Nashville Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Rivers--Tennessee--Nashville Pedestrian bridges--Tennessee--Nashville Truss bridges--Tennessee--Nashville Railroads--Tennessee--Nashville Business districts--Tennessee--Nashville Railroad tracks--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Cumberland River (Ky. and Tenn.)--Navigation Sparkman Street Bridge (Nashville, Tenn.) Shelby Street Bridge (Nashville, Tenn.) Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Description	A postcard of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, looking down river. The Nashville Bridge Company's office is visible on the right bank of the Cumberland River and railroad tracks are seen in the foreground. A Louisville and Nashville Railroad bridge is noticeable in the distance. The Sparkman Street Bridge was completed in 1909, spanning the Cumberland River to link East Nashville to Downtown. At completion, the bridge was hailed as the "finest highway bridge south of the Ohio River." Construction of the bridge was considered innovative. Concrete trusses created a new underneath support system in order to take the bridge across the railroad tracks on the river's west bank. In 1986, the bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In 2003, the bridge reopened after five years as a pedestrian walkway. Forms part of the Norton Postcard Collection. 1 postcard : col. ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	Between 1909 and 1915
Type	Still Image; Postcards
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Norton - 0112
Language	English
Relation	Norton Postcard Collection
Coverage	1900-1909; 1910-1919
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks-Norton-0112