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What is that? Bike trail bridge is going up
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- Published on Friday, 11 April 2014 00:00
- Written by Paul Gordon
If you drive up or down Knoxville Avenue with any regularity, you have probably noticed the construction going on just south of Junction City and the intersection with Prospect Road.
If you are wondering what is being built, it is a bridge that will carry the Pimeteoui Trail over Knoxville so that cyclists, runners and walkers can cross at the point the Peoria Park District considers the most dangerous intersection along the trail.
A year ago we reported that the Park District planned to build a tunnel under Knoxville Avenue. But those plans changed when a thorough assessment of the land found that all of the utilities to the neighborhood were underground, said Becky Fredrickson, superintendent of the district’s planning, design and construction division.
“Rather than moving the utilities, we believed it would be better for everybody to build a bridge over Knoxville instead,” Fredrickson said.
The bridge construction has been hampered by the severe winter weather, but Fredrickson said it is expected to be completed by late spring or early summer.
If you drive up or down Knoxville Avenue with any regularity, you have probably noticed the construction going on just south of Junction City and the intersection with Prospect Road.
If you are wondering what is being built, it is a bridge that will carry the Pimeteoui Trail over Knoxville so that cyclists, runners and walkers can cross at the point the Peoria Park District considers the most dangerous intersection along the trail.
A year ago we reported that the Park District planned to build a tunnel under Knoxville Avenue. But those plans changed when a thorough assessment of the land found that all of the utilities to the neighborhood were underground, said Becky Fredrickson, superintendent of the district’s planning, design and construction division.
“Rather than moving the utilities, we believed it would be better for everybody to build a bridge over Knoxville instead,” Fredrickson said.
The bridge construction has been hampered by the severe winter weather, but Fredrickson said it is expected to be completed by late spring or early summer.
