Lone Tree is getting a new pedestrian bridge designed by , the same firm that dreamed up the iconic, tented main terminal at Denver International Airport.
The bridge, given final approval by the city council this week, will span 170 feet over Lincoln Avenue, just east of . The structure will be dominated by a giant leaf-shaped mast, which will rise nearly eight stories off the ground.
The leaf is actually part of the suspension bridge’s engineering. It will support six pairs of steel cables that hold the structure in place.
The bridge is intended to increase safety on a section of road that sees 89,000 cars a day. When the project is completed in the spring of 2017, pedestrians won’t have to dodge cars and traffic won’t be interrupted as they cross the road.
The bridge will cost about $7 million, including design, construction and necessary land acquisition, according to Community Outreach Coordinator Kristen Knoll. They city will be helped by $3.5 million from several project partners, including $1 million each from Douglas County and the .
The regional is also pitching in $1 million because the bridge will allow hikers and bikers on Willow Creek Trail, which intersects Lincoln Road, to pass unhindered.
Ray Mark Rinaldi: 303-954-1540, rrinaldi@denverpost.com or @rayrinaldi
