Rebuilt Boulder Avenue bridge opens
BY ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
Monday, February 04, 2013
2/04/13 at 4:38 PM
Officials opened the Boulder Avenue bridge over downtown's railroad tracks Monday after a yearlong, $8.3 million reconstruction project.
The 290-foot span between First and Archer streets replaces a bridge that was previously deemed unstable. The reconstruction, funded by the 2008 Fix Our Streets package and the 2006 Third Penny program, took about a year.
Demolition, design and construction cost nearly $11 million combined.
Mayor Dewey Bartlett said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday that the project is "a major step in the revitalization of our downtown area."
The two-way bridge links the city's business core with the burgeoning Brady District.
Associated Images:
Artists Barbara King and Debra Sellers (right) on Monday look over the art elements installed on the Boulder Avenue bridge in downtown. The bridge was opened to traffic in a ceremony Monday afternoon. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World
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