Historical Marker

First Bridge Over the Cumberland

Historical marker location:
Nashville, Tennessee
( Marker is on Gay Street Connector, 0.1 miles south of 1st Avenue North, on the left when traveling south.)

1823 Nashville Toll Bridge.

The Great Train Robbery of 1866, one of the most famous train robberies in American history, took place in Tennessee. A group of Confederate veterans stole $90,000 from a train traveling from Nashville to Chattanooga.