Construction begins on the Bayfront Expressway bicycle and pedestrian bridge in Menlo Park

The Metropolis of Menlo Park has issued the development allow for your entire bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Bayfront Expressway, which is a key part of the permitted Fb Campus Enlargement challenge. The bicycle and pedestrian bridge will hyperlink the Bay Path to the on-site, publicly accessible open house positioned to the south of Constructing 22, and supply a bicycle and pedestrian connection to Chilco Road.

The brand new bicycle and pedestrian bridge seeks to enhance bicycle and pedestrian connectivity from the Belle Haven neighborhood and the challenge web site to the Bay Path, in addition to different locations equivalent to Bedwell Bayfront Park and the Dumbarton Bridge.

Preliminary development actions included erecting short-term fencing, putting in stormwater air pollution prevention measures, mobilizing and staging piles and tools, and putting in on-site cranes. Pile driving is required to adjust to Caltrans requirements for the bridge development. Pile driving inside the Caltrans proper of approach in Bayfront Expressway started September 10 and ought to be accomplished inside 4 weeks. On-site pile-driving development actions start started September 14 and are anticipated to increase by means of November 4.

On common, two piles per day ought to be put in and the pile driving actions would take roughly 1-2 hours unfold all through the day. Pile driving actions on-site might be restricted to between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm, Monday by means of Friday. Pile driving actions and different facets of the bridge development might require lane closures and short-term lane reconfigurations. Minimal lane closures are anticipated on this part of development. Full highway closures might be required to put in the bridge deck at a later date. Further notification might be offered for any future closures of Bayfront Expressway.

The bridge is anticipated to be full and open by the top of 2021.