Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge
Bridge in Cupertino, California From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge, renamed from Mary Avenue Bridge on July 19, 2011,[4][5] is a cable-stayed bridge over Interstate 280 (California), spanning Cupertino, California and Sunnyvale, California, used for bicycle and pedestrian traffic. It is the only cable-stayed pedestrian bridge over a highway in California.[6] At night the bridge is lit up and can be seen by those driving on Interstate 280. The project was awarded a Helen Putnam Award of Excellence.[7][8] It also won the California Transportation Foundation's Pedestrian/Bicycle Project of the Year.[9][10]
Don 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] |
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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]
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.
The address for the southern entrance to the bridge is 10655 Mary Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014-1355. The address for the northern entrance to the bridge is 21370 Homestead Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014.
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