Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge, bridge in United States of America

The Willie Knickerbocker Bridge, known as the Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge, crosses the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon. It was built in 1980 to carry a Eugene Water & Electric Board water main, at a cost of $330,000. The city and county then added a deck, rails and approaches for $110,000, turning the utility crossing into a route for pedestrians and cyclists.

The bridge was dedicated in 1980. The Eugene Water & Electric Board built it to carry a water main across the Willamette River for $330,000; the city and county then added the deck, rails and approaches for $110,000, opening it to pedestrians and cyclists. It is officially named the Willie Knickerbocker Bridge.

The bridge is officially named the Willie Knickerbocker Bridge, after a Eugene figure (1868–1960) remembered as "The Father of Bicycling in Eugene". The name ties a river crossing built for a water main to the city's cycling history.

The bridge carries a water main beneath its deck, so the crossing itself is a flat, paved span with rails and approaches added for walking and cycling. It sits over the Willamette River in Eugene, and the deck was fitted out by the city and county rather than by the utility that built the span.

The bridge's official name is the Willie Knickerbocker Bridge, honoring the man called "The Father of Bicycling in Eugene" (1868–1960). The water main it was built to carry cost $330,000; the deck, rails and approaches added by the city and county cost $110,000.