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Originally Posted by nschmoyer
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Since were talking about the trinity and parks. It was announced yesterday that the Continental bridge (which is the one on the left on that link you posted) will turn into a pedestrian bridge. Heres the article:
Trinity project gets $10 million gift to transform Continental bridge into pedestrian overpass
12:00 AM CDT on Friday, September 25, 2009
By RUDOLPH BUSH / The Dallas Morning News
rbush@dallasnews.com
A plan to convert the Continental Avenue bridge between downtown and West Dallas into an elaborate pedestrian boulevard complete with sidewalks, bike lanes and green spaces received a major boost Thursday.
The private Trinity Trust announced an anonymous $10 million gift to fund construction of many of the bridge's planned features, including a winding, tree-covered walkway.
The gift, in honor of Trinity Trust chairwoman Mary McDermott Cook, is expected to speed the bridge's transformation from a busy thoroughfare into a 2,000-foot-long, 50-foot-wide park between the levees.
"I'm so glad we are going to do something that will make a place in the Trinity – before we get all of the other work done – for all of the people of Dallas," said McDermott Cook, who has asked that the bridge not be renamed for her.
Thursday's announcement at the Trinity Trust on Oak Lawn Avenue was attended by celebrated Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, designer of two soaring white-steel bridges that supporters of the Trinity River project hope will become symbols of Dallas and a signal of the city's commitment to culture and beauty.
The first Calatrava-designed bridge, the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, is under construction between the Woodall Rodgers Freeway and Singleton Boulevard...