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Source: City of Santa Barbara
After nearly one year of construction, both the Quinientos Street and De La Guerra Street Bridges are now open. The $4.1 million (Quinientos) and $5.8 million (De La Guerra) projects each replaced the approximately 100-year old bridges with a new structure, while also enhancing the hydraulic conveyance of Sycamore and Lower Mission Creeks, respectively, improving the adjacent pedestrian corridors, and restoring the creek landscaping. The improved pedestrian corridors also fulfill elements of the City’s Pedestrian Master Plan by widening some sections of previously substandard sidewalk, enhancing pedestrian safety and encouraging more people to walk.
These projects were made possible by Federal Highway Administration bridge replacement grant funds. Click here for a time lapse video of the Bridge construction process.
Please join the City in celebrating the reopening of both bridges via a virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony online in the link provided below on Wednesday, May 20, at 10 a.m. Below are photos of the completed bridges.
