 In the 1880s , a suspension bridge was built across Fall Creek to provide pedestrian access to the campus from the North . In 1913 , Professors S.C. Hollister and William McGuire designed a new suspension bridge that is 138 ft ( 42 m ) , 3 @.@ 5 in. above the water and 500 ft ( 150 m ) downstream from the original . However , the second bridge was declared unsafe and closed August 1960 to be rebuilt with a replacement of the same design . 
