Kingsport to receive more funding for pedestrian bridge

The Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen entered into an agreement with the Tennessee Department of Transportation to add more funding for a pedestrian bridge creating a safer connection to downtown Kingsport. The agreement provides $500,000 towards the project connecting Brickyard Park and Brickyard Village to downtown. The city had received a grant at the beginning of the project, but due to inflation and rising construction costs, the city requested more. While the pedestrian bridge has been in the works for almost eight years, it is currently being designed and is expected to be under construction within the next year and a half.