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Pedestrian Bridge Taking Shape
SAN DIEGO – The skyline over downtown San Diego's Harbor Drive is forever changed after crews on Monday swung in the last piece of the span for a $26.8 million public pedestrian bridge.
“The tricky part was they had two and a half hours last night to do that,” said Scott Johnson, senior project manager at the city's downtown redevelopment agency. Workers shut down the overhead power to the San Diego Trolley line in order to span the final gap, which was over the tracks. The job could only be done between midnight and 3 a.m. The span is now made up of steel beams and wood. Crews will use those as a base to pour the concrete that will eventually support the bridge, which is expected to be completed in January. The 500-foot bridge, designed by San Diego architects Safdie Rabines, will be one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian suspension spans in the world. Focused around a stylized 130-foot center pylon, the look will be reminiscent of a sail. It is being paid for with $11.1 million from the city's redevelopment agency, a $6 million California Transportation Commission grant, $2.8 million from the Federal Highway Administration, $2 million from the state Transportation Improvement Program and $4.9 million from developer John Moores. The bridge is a byproduct of the Petco Park project, which closed the public walkway across Harbor at Park Boulevard. In order to reopen it, the city had to build an overhead span for pedestrians. Costs for the bridge, first pegged at $12.8 million in 2005, skyrocketed over the past few years with materials prices. The city sought out the state transportation grant to fill the gap. |
Cool! :D
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pics or it didn't happen
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:previous: Yeah Pic's would be nice.
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You'd be surprised how many projects going up now are done through the design-build procurement method. Just recently, Hotel Indigo (which will finish in under 18 months) was a design-build by Hensel-Phelps. |
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The architect and the builder have to have a tight relationship to make this work. Name me some important architects of the current day would work for engineering companies... Design build has its place, but not in world class design. Design / Build is perfect for San Diego... Low quality architecture / cheap price. |
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End of April 2009 and still no market in TR Produce Bldg (18 months).
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Is it just me or does anyone think the Harbor Drive pedestrian bridge is a huge waste of money? Seems to me that the Hilton should have subsidized that project since it's mostly for their benefit. Also, that bridge is so expensive that the city could have begun undergrounding the train tracks for a comparable sum...
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It's a write off
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They did just open Ace Hardware on 6th I believe
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^^^^ The Ace on 6th Ave is very nice. A great new addition to downtown. I like the combo of Oliver/McMillan and Public Architects, they produce some nice shit. I hear they are planning a big development on Park and G. Max's Deli's lease is up in the next two years and OM I'm sure will buy it up since they already own the lot next to it on the corner. East Villagites should expect some funky shit going up on that corner.
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