(There’s a sweet contest going on right now actually.)ĭisclosure: I was invited to preview the Shark Bridge at a media event. Newport Aquarium is located at One Aquarium Way, Newport, KY 41071Īnd follow Newport Aquarium on facebook to stay up to date on new exhibits, contests and deals. 1.8K views, 36 likes, 7 loves, 7 comments, 9 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Newport Aquarium: It's Opening Weekend for SharkSummer POV: You finally muster up the courage to cross Shark Bridge. So, now in one visit, you can watch sharks, pet sharks and walk inches above sharks! There’s so much to see in there, including chameleons and sweet little otters that I could watch all day. My kids went over at least 10 times! haha.īe sure not to miss Canyon Falls while you’re there. Or you can go over it as many times as you want, like we did. You can opt out of the bridge and watch from the side. Scooter Added in 2007, to create the world’s first Shark Ray Breeding Program. This is a fun, family-friendly adventure that you can only get at Newport Aquarium! And it’s included in the price of admission. It moves just a little bit when you walk, making it even more scary and fun! The bridge is made from roughly four tons of steel, uses. While it’s the longest bridge of its kind in the world, the first Shark Bridge opened in April 2015 at Newport Aquarium in Newport, Ky. Annual Passholders or Members and undated ticket holders can make reservations HERE. This unique attraction opened on April 8, 2016. All exhibits plus Shark Bridge are included for one price. in Newport KY, across the Ohio River, this is the spot to touch a shark. Shark Bridge is an 81-foot V-shaped rope bridge that suspends over a 550,000-gallon aquarium. It’s a 75-foot-long V-shaped roped suspension bridge that hangs over open waters filled with sharks, shark rays, stingrays and hundreds of fish! And it’s awesome! This half-mile bridge over the Ohio River connects Cincinnati to Newport. It’s the only rope suspension bridge in North America where you can walk inches above 2 dozen sharks! They’ll triple in size and get up to 14 feet long and over 300 pounds!Īnd you can enjoy these sharks from an extremely interesting vantage point, because Shark Bridge is now open! Experience sharks like never before. Visitors can explore exhibits with white alligators, penguins, and stingrays.And if you’re there to see sharks, the Shark Bridge is a must. They actually have the most scalloped hammerhead sharks on exhibit in North America (and there are less than 20 places in the whole world that even have them on exhibit at all!) The Newport Aquarium invites guests into a mesmerizing underwater world where they can encounter a variety of unusual aquatic creatures. Every time we visit we see something that we missed the time before.Īnd they’re always adding awesome new things….like extremely rare Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks! Seriously! We’re fortunate to live so close to one of the top aquariums in the country.
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