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Did you know that Chattanooga’s Walnut Street Bridge, nearly a half-mile in length, is one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world?

Tennessee is all about some record-setting bridges, as it turns out. Earlier this month, Gatlinburg unveiled the longest pedestrian-only suspension bridge in the U.S., which stretches 680 feet across a valley in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Meanwhile, in Memphis, a massive new exhibition and entertainment hall is set to open at Elvis Presley’s Graceland.

Following his first-ever visit to Chattanooga, billionaire Bill Gates said he sees further investment in Tennessee.

Tomorrow begins Riverbend 2019, and it’s a new day for the 38-year-old festival.