NEW: South sidewalk opens over bridge; pedestrial walkway comes down

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Supervisor Barbara Gerrard visiting the completed south sidewalk
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
by Christine Yeres

The south sidewalk of the bridge is free and clear for passage; the north side not quite finished.  Last night metal workers continued the take-down of the pedestrian walkway, the last impediment to workers’ finishing up the north side of the bridge, most importantly, the staircase to the bridge.

The walkway should be down by the end of the week; parking spaces should be restored to their rightful users by next week.  Plantings have appeared on the combed beds of the south side of the bridge, where another 20 parking spaces are about to be freed up.

Metal workers unbolted the section between the temporary staircase (it will go soon, too) and the support on the other side of the roadway.

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