Steel, glass VW pedestrian bridge approved

A $7.25 million, 850-foot pedestrian bridge and guardhouse for the Volkswagen plant won approval from a city panel Tuesday.

The steel-and-glass structure, more than one-quarter the length of the Walnut Street Bridge that spans the Tennessee River, will serve as the main entrance to the auto plant.

[City Engineer Bill] Payne said the span is a truss-style bridge with a glass curtain wall system, according to a Sept. 22 Chattanooga Times Free Press report.

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