In order to address the growing number of students and traffic the University of California Davis has been receiving over the past few decades, the campus is planning to completely rebuild a nearly 70-year-old bridge that spans the campus's Arboretum Waterway.

Features incorporated into the new bridge will consist of: 6-foot-wide sidewalks on both sides, 8-foot-wide bike lanes on both sides, arched embellishments, two 12-foot-wide traffic lanes, barriers between the bike lanes and sidewalks, resurfacing of the paths adjacent to the waterway (paths underneath the bridge), two sets of stairs as well as two ADA compliant ramps.

The $12.7 million project will begin later this month and is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2020, taking about 14 months. The UC Davis news report (https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/la-rue-road-bridge-project-begins-soon) detailing the matter states that the university will pay about $2 million for the new bridge, with the remaining funding coming from the Federal Highway Administration.
All photo credits: UC Davis.