Columbus, IN. Online Offers. Columbus ( /kÉlÊmbÉs/) is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 44,061 at the 2010 census, and the current mayor is Fred Armstrong.
In 1951, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction of the New Orleans Mississippi River Floodwall under the Dumaine Street Wharf. Between 1973 and 1992, 15 major sections were built at a cost of $30 million.
Man jumps off Monroe Street Bridge. SPOKANE, Wash. - The Monroe Street Bridge is now re-opened after police spent more than 20 hours negotiating with a man that would not get off the bridge. The man who appeared to be in his 30's, died after jumping off the bridge around 3:30 p.m. Friday. His name and the reason he was on the bridge have not been released. The towering bridge carries four lanes of traffic over the Spokane River, near the Federal Building.