Never Built Columbus: Serpent Mound Canopy

For the first installment of our Never Built Columbus series, we looked back at some of the grand (and not-so-grand) ideas for the Scioto Peninsula. For our next installment, we are zooming in for a close-up look at the bridge that connects the peninsula to downtown.
In 1995, Columbus artist Todd Slaughter’s proposal to place a giant snake made out of blue glass on top of the Broad Street Bridge was front page news.
Although the concept, inspired by the Great Serpent Mound in Adams County,