Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge, Cable-stayed pedestrian bridge in Sunnyvale, United States.
The Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge carrying pedestrians and cyclists over Interstate 280 between Cupertino and Sunnyvale. It is the only cable-stayed pedestrian bridge over a highway in California. North of the freeway, Mary Avenue ends at a parking lot and drop-off area for Homestead High School; south of it, the road ends at De Anza College's north entrance.
Completed in 2008 at a cost of $14.8 million, the bridge opened on April 20, 2009 as the Mary Avenue Bridge. It was renamed the Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge on July 19, 2011. About 80 percent of funding came from grants, bonds and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority; steel replaced concrete after concrete bids came in too high.
The bridge is named after Don Burnett, who received the honour when it was renamed on July 19, 2011, two years after opening as Mary Avenue Bridge. Its route ties two campuses: north of I-280 Mary Avenue ends at a parking lot and drop-off area for Homestead High School, while south of the freeway it reaches the north entrance of De Anza College.
The bridge carries Mary Avenue across Interstate 280, with the south end at De Anza College's north entrance and the north end at a parking lot and drop-off area for Homestead High School. The south entrance address is 10655 Mary Ave, Cupertino, and the north entrance is 21370 Homestead Rd, Cupertino.
This steel bridge was the first cable-stayed pedestrian structure of its kind to cross a freeway in California, reaching about 80 feet above the roadway. It represents an innovative engineering solution for reconnecting trails that had been separated by modern highway development.
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