Continental Avenue Bridge

Parallel to the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge across the Trinity River, the Continental Avenue Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that replaced the former Lamar-McKinney Viaduct, which was built in 1933 to carry cars along the swelling Trinity River to West Dallas 20 years after a 1908 flood drowned most of the area. The reimagined Continental Avenue Bridge opened in June 2014 with a playground, a splash park, lounge chairs, human-sized chess boards and a ceiling of cloth to provides shade for the area while providing easier access to the many trails surrounding the bridge in the Trinity River Basin and on the levees.

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