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After big projects divided north Denver neighborhoods, federal money will pay for street, pedestrian crossings

New bridges, land for community uses targeted in new grant funding for Globeville and Elyria-Swansea

A runner runs along the path under the "People's Bridge of the Sun” at East 51st Avenue over the South Platte River in Denver on March 20, 2024. The city has received $35.4 million in federal grant funding to better connect Denver's Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods. The bridge features art by David Ocelotl Garcia, who will also create art for the "People's Bridge of the Moon," another multi-modal bridge over the river that will connect to East 48th Avenue. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
A runner runs along the path under the “People’s Bridge of the Sun” at East 51st Avenue over the South Platte River in Denver on March 20, 2024. The city has received $35.4 million in federal grant funding to better connect Denver’s Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods. The bridge features art by David Ocelotl Garcia, who will also create art for the “People’s Bridge of the Moon,” another multi-modal bridge over the river that will connect to East 48th Avenue. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Joe Rubino - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | jrubino@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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The recent award of nearly $36 million in a federal grant for projects in Globeville and Elyria-Swansea — Denver neighborhoods long divided by highways, railroad tracks and the South Platte River — are aimed at improving connections.
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