Third Street Star Bridge

Look up. Feel connected.

A canopy of lights. A street filled with stories. Since 2016, the Star Bridge has offered Bay City a place to gather beneath a little everyday wonder.

Neighbors gather beneath the illuminated Third Street Star Bridge in Bay City
Photo © Avram Golden

A connection reimagined.

The original Third Street Bridge linked the city’s East and West sides before its collapse in 1976. In 2016, the Star Bridge reinterpreted that connection with strings of light above the street.

Avram Golden initiated the project in memory of his brother Ari. Community members helped fund its first lights in tribute to people important to them, with memorial plaques honoring those connections.

Art around every corner.

The district includes Greek God as Astronaut by Paolo Pedini and A Talk with Nature by Trevor Edmonds. Together with the lights, the murals create a distinctive setting for a walk, a photograph, or time with friends.

To ask about supporting the Star Bridge and its ongoing care, contact The Jefferson Project.