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Image 1 of 1: The second Woodland Street Bridge was constructed in 1886 by the Louisville Bridge & Iron Company, at the same site as a previous suspension bridge, which was built in 1850 and destroyed by the Confederate Army in 1862. The extant bridge was replaced in 1966. The new bridge became the first to span the Cumberland River and was erected by the newly-formed Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. On April 30, 1892, an African American man, Ephraim Grizzard, was taken by a mob from the nearby jail, dragged through the streets to the east side of the Woodland Street Bridge, hanged over the side and shot hundreds of times.
The second Woodland Street Bridge was constructed in 1886 by the Louisville Bridge & Iron Company, at the same site as a previous suspension bridge, which was built in 1850 and destroyed by the Confederate Army in 1862. The extant bridge was replaced in 1966. The new bridge became the first to span the Cumberland River and was erected by the newly-formed Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. On April 30, 1892, an African American man, Ephraim Grizzard, was taken by a mob from the nearby jail, dragged through the streets to the east side of the Woodland Street Bridge, hanged over the side and shot hundreds of times.

The second Woodland Street Bridge was constructed in 1886 by the Louisville Bridge & Iron Company, at the same site as a previous suspension bridge, which was built in 1850 and destroyed by the Confederate Army in 1862. The extant bridge was replaced in 1966. The new bridge became the first to span the Cumberland River and was erected by the newly-formed Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. On April 30, 1892, an African American man, Ephraim Grizzard, was taken by a mob from the nearby jail, dragged through the streets to the east side of the Woodland Street Bridge, hanged over the side and shot hundreds of times.

Woodland Street Bridge

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Description

The second Woodland Street Bridge was constructed in 1886 by the Louisville Bridge & Iron Company, at the same site as a previous suspension bridge, which was built in 1850 and destroyed by the Confederate Army in 1862. The extant bridge was replaced in 1966. The new bridge became the first to span the Cumberland River and was erected by the newly-formed Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. On April 30, 1892, an African American man, Ephraim Grizzard, was taken by a mob from the nearby jail, dragged through the streets to the east side of the Woodland Street Bridge, hanged over the side and shot hundreds of times.

Title Woodland Street Bridge
Creator Nashville Historical Foundation
Author Jessica Reeves, Staff; 2018
Date 1886; 1966
Address 1 Woodland Street, Nashville, TN 37201
Type Building
Coverage Area 1
Source Louisville Bridge and Iron Company, builder
Contributor Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County; Beverly Briley; Richard Fulton; Jesse Fishback; Albert Gore, Sr.; Nashville Bridge Company
Subject Architecture; Downtown; New South; Post-World War II; Transportation
Keywords Bridges, Buildings, Civil War, Lynchings, Woodland Street Bridge
Rights CC BY-NC 4.0