COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The City of Colorado Springs has announced that construction of the westbound bridge, part of the Circle Drive Bridges Project, has been completed!
The project design was completed in 2022, and construction of the eastbound bridge was completed in late 2024.
Local leaders, including Mayor Yemi Mobolade and District 4 City Council member Kimberly Gold, attended an event celebrating the bridge opening.
The event also featured a ceremonial drive across the new bridge with classic cars from the Stockers Car Club, a Colorado Springs car club founded in 1958. It's one of the area's original and oldest car clubs, according to the city.
The Circle Drive Bridges Project replaced two sets of structures on Circle Drive, carrying two lanes of traffic in both directions. The bridges span over Fountain Creek, the railroad tracks, Las Vegas Street, Hancock Expressway, and the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail.
The original bridges were built in 1963, and the city continued to rehabilitate them until 2018, when they began a study to determine whether the original bridges should be rehabilitated or replaced.
The city eventually determined the bridges should be replaced, and the final design of the new bridges was completed in fall of 2022.
Northern Lights dazzle in a spectacular display over Colorado
Check this out! If you made your way outside Tuesday evening, you may have noticed a pink or green glow in the sky.
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