Lake Hodges Pedestrian Bridge - Escondido, CA
N 33° 03.509 W 117° 04.396
11S E 493160 N 3657772
A low profile suspension pedestrian and bicycle bridge crossing Lake Hodges parallel to Interstate 15 in Escondido.
Waymark Code: WM8Q3B
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2010
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This stressed ribbon style bridge is 990 feet long and 12 feet wide. The bridge was designed by T.Y. Lin International. The advantages of the stressed ribbon style bridge are that it will enable a long span (330 feet) between piers, so that there will only be two piers in the lake; and it will have a narrow profile, only 16 inches deep. There are only 4 stressed ribbon style bridges in the western hemisphere. When the Lake Hodges Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge is completed, it will be the longest stressed ribbon bridge in the world.
The official name of the bridge is the "David Kreitzer Lake Hodges Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge" in honor of David Kreitzer, long-time park supporter and volunteer and 21-year County planning commissioner.
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