Construction on a new pedestrian bridge will shut down South Santa Fe Drive in Denver’s Overland neighborhood next month as cranes hoist the bridge’s structure into place, according to city transportation officials.
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Santa Fe Drive will be closed in both directions between Evans and Florida avenues in Denver while crews install the main spans of a new pedestrian bridge, according to the city’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure.
The closure will last from 12 a.m. Saturday, July 11, to 5 a.m. Monday, July 13, according to city officials. If the weekend’s weather derails the project, the closure will shift to July 18 to 20.
The pedestrian bridge, funded by the Elevate Denver Bond, has been “more than a decade in the making,” according to the city’s project webpage. City officials plan for the bridge to stretch over 370 feet of roadway and the adjacent train tracks. It will sit 30 feet above the ground and be roughly 12 feet wide.
Large cranes will be used during the July closure to set two spans of the bridge in place, each weighing about 215,000 pounds, according to city officials.
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Northbound traffic on Santa Fe Drive will be detoured east on Evans Avenue, north on Broadway and west on Mississippi Avenue before returning to northbound Santa Fe, according to the city’s detour map. Southbound drivers will detour west on Florida Avenue, south on Platte River Drive and east on Evans Avenue to return to southbound Santa Fe.
The West Evans Avenue on-ramp to northbound Santa Fe Drive will close at noon on Friday, July 10, to prepare for the full weekend closure, city officials said. The on-ramp will reopen at 5 a.m. July 13.
The southbound Santa Fe Drive off-ramp to West Evans Avenue will also shut down for the July weekend, but it will remain closed until Sept. 11 while crews build new sidewalks and perform other concrete work, according to transportation officials.
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