The Big Dam Bridge
Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 7:18AM ;)
Sounds bad doesn’t it?
This is the largest pedestrian walking bridge in the entire world, right here in Arkanasas!
Jim and I only saw the very beginning portion of the shortest section. If you take a peek at the map on this bottom of this page, we were on the yellow section, that teensy portion that crosses the river at Cook’s Landing. That’s it… that’s all we saw.
I would love to take our bicycles back down there and bike more of it, there’s no way I can walk it.
These two pictures show the start of the bridge at Cook’s Landing, which is on the North side of Little Rock. I think if you were to take this portion to the end, you’d wind up down on the riverfront (the cool part of Little Rock, and where the Flying Fish is) but I’m not positive… I don’t know Little Rock well at all.
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The image above and on the left shows exactly what Jim and I walked yesterday, up the ramp and then across the river, before turning around and coming back. I wore my new Birkenstocks to help break them in, then switched over to me sandals after the walk.
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The above picture is the spillway. Jim and I were looking at the “spill holes” and unless more water is spilled below, this can’t be producing much power.
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These are both taken from the halfway point going across the river. The view out over the lake was beautiful!
We passed a lot of people on the bridge, both on foot and bicycles, but it was never crowded. Of course this weekend Fayettville is hosting their “Booze and Blues” or whatever it’s called event, and it was also “Rocktober Fest” in Little Rock at one of the parks.
Reader Comments (4)
That is such a pretty view. It would be neat to bicycle across it. Is it all flat or are there hills?
we love this bridge too and have walked it several times. I too though have never walked more than the entire bridge. Sometimes at the top you can watch the barges go right underneath the bridge which can be kind of cool too. There is another pedestrian bridge being built across the river too near there.
Karen
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I'm a bike rider and you can't imagin the challenge of riding up the North Little Rock side. The bridge (and they are building another just up-river from the I-430 bridge) is part of the extensive biking and walking trails on both sides of the River. I, and a couple of my friends have a 30 mile route that we ride several times a week. We start in downtown NLR and ride out to the bridge - up and over - and then cover the Little Rock side of the River. Early in the morning, you ride past deer, geese, rabbits and groundhogs. It is wonderful!
Bikes, Blues, and BBQ............. and yes, there is booze. Only a gazillion bikes riding our scenic highways this weekend. The constant roar is incredible.