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The Purple People Bridge
Considerable chatter in the office yesterday about who would be brave enough to do the Purple People Bridge Climb.
The Purple People Bridge Cl!mb is a unique bridge Cl!mbing experience on the pedestrian bridge known as the “Purple People” bridge. This exciting experience will allow participants to Cl!mb Over the Top of the Purple People bridge. Throughout the experience, participants will be able to view beautiful vistas of the riverfront and the Greater Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky areas. Visitors will access the Purple People Bridge Cl!mb expehttp://sherrychandler.com/wp-admin/edit.php
Managerience via the southern side by Newport on the Levee.
I’m up for that. But here’s the stopper – the climb costs $59.95. So save your pennies. Climbs scheduled to begin in May.
Poorer folk and those who feel less venturesome can walk across at street level between Newport and Cincinnnati. From the Cincinnati Enquirer for April 2003:
NEWPORT - Of the nine bridges crossing the Ohio River at Cincinnati, only one is purple. Starting Saturday, it will be the only one just for people, too.
After a $4 million restoration, the former L&N Railroad Bridge between Newport and Cincinnati will reopen as a pedestrian walkway. Officially named the Newport Southbank Bridge, the “Purple People Bridge” will be the longest connector of its kind in the country that links two states.
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The bridge - it’s 2,670 feet, or just over a half a mile long - has been redesigned to provide an easy way for people to move between the two states. It also could link the riverfronts of Ohio and Kentucky in a seamless collection of entertainment, dining, nightlife, festivals, parks, attractions and more that could bring hundreds of thousands to the river’s edge.
Looks like the entertainment is about to begin.
Ernest Coleman gets credit for the photo.
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2 Comments
1. Georgia Green Stamper replies at 1st March 2006, 8:20 am :
My grandson, Jared, and I have walked across the Purple People Bridge, and I have to say that it’s an interesting experience. I will definitely not tell him about the possibility to climb it, however!
2. MW replies at 1st March 2006, 8:42 pm :
One of these days I’m just going to have to go and wander around CInci for a while. That certainly sounds like an interesting place to visit, though I doubt I’d ever be brave enough to actually climb it. Or rich enough, either, for that matter.
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