Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge
Bridge in Cupertino, California, US
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The Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge is a cable-stayed pedestrian bridge over Interstate 280, spanning Cupertino and Sunnyvale, California. It is the only cable-stayed pedestrian bridge over a highway in California.[4] The bridge opened on April 20, 2009 as Mary Avenue Bridge[3] and received its current name on July 19, 2011.[5][6] The project was awarded a Helen Putnam Award of Excellence[7][8] and won the California Transportation Foundation's Pedestrian/Bicycle Project of the Year.[9][10]
I-280Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 37°20′0.2″N 122°3′2″W |
| Carries | Bicycles and pedestrians |
| Crosses | I-280 |
| Locale | Cupertino, California |
| Official name | Don Burnett Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Material | Steel[1] |
| Total length | 503 ft (153.3 m)[1] |
| Height | 79.9 ft (24.4 m) |
| Longest span | 325 ft (99.1 m)[1] |
| No. of spans | 3[1] |
| History | |
| Designer | HNTB Corp, architect Terry Greene[1] |
| Construction start | February 1, 2008[2] |
| Construction end | November 17, 2008 |
| Opened | April 30, 2009[3] |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge | |
Construction
The bridge was completed in 2008 and it cost $14.8 million.[11] Roughly 80 percent of the funding for the bridge came from grants, bonds and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.[12] The original plan for the bridge was to use concrete to keep costs down, but a steel design was chosen after the bids for a concrete bridge came in too high.[11]
Location details
North of I-280, Mary Avenue ends in a parking lot and drop-off area for Homestead High School. Mary Avenue continues south of the highway and ends at De Anza College's north entrance.
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