Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge

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Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge
Mary Ave Bridge.jpg
Coordinates 37°20′0.2″N122°3′2″W / 37.333389°N 122.05056°W / 37.333389; -122.05056 (Mary Avenue Bridge)
CarriesBicycles and pedestrians
CrossesI-280 (1961).svg I-280
Locale Cupertino, California
Official nameDon Burnett Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge
Characteristics
Design Cable-stayed bridge
MaterialSteel [1]
Total length503 ft (153.3 m) [1]
Height79.9 ft (24.4 m)
Longest span325 ft (99.1 m) [1]
No. of spans3 [1]
History
DesignerHNTB Corp, architect Terry Greene [1]
Construction startFebruary 1, 2008 (2008-02) [2]
Construction endNovember 17, 2008 (2008-11-18)
OpenedApril 30, 2009;15 years ago (2009-04-30) [3]
Location
Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge

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]

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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.

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.

The Don-Burnett Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge at night. Mary Ave. Bridge at Night (3652124731).jpg
The Don-Burnett Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge at night.

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