U.S. Representative Ann Northup secured $750,000 in federal funding for a Corps of Engineers study on converting the abandoned Big Four railroad bridge in downtown Louisville to a pedestrian walkway connecting Louisville and Jeffersonville, Indiana.

More information: Associated Press: More federal money earmarked for Ohio River bridge study (Dec. 1, 2003) , Courier-Journal: Big Four study gains $750,000 (Dec. 1, 2003) , Associated Press: Bridge remains a monument to dead workers (Dec. 23, 2003)