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Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge

Maricopa County, Arizona

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Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge

Looking West

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in August 2014

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BH Photo #296666

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Street View 

Description 

Part of the Tempe Town Lake Complex along with the Mill Street bridges, the light rail bridge, the N. Scottsdale Bridge and the UP-Salt River Bridge.

Facts 

Overview
Basket-Handle through arch bridge over Salt River on Pedestrian
Location
Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona
Status
Open to pedestrians only
Builders
- Killer Shade of Phoenix, Arizona (Canvas Awning Producer)
- Otak of Portland, Oregon (Design)
- PCL Construction Enterprises of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Contractor)
- Stinger Welding of Coolidge, Arizona (Contractor)
- T.Y. Lin International of San Francisco, California (Design)
Design
Basket-Handle through arch
Dimensions
Total length: 916.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.43377, -111.94857   (decimal degrees)
33°26'02" N, 111°56'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/411823/3699778 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tempe
Inventory number
BH 63281 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,100)
Arizona (330)
Basket-Handle Arch (7)
Have street view (26,947)
Killer Shade (1)
Maricopa County, Arizona (33)
Open to pedestrians (4,215)
Otak (1)
 PCL Construction Enterprises (7)
Salt River (Arizona) (10)
Steel through arch (216)
Stinger Welding (1)
T.Y. Lin International (8)
Tempe, Arizona (5)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)

Update Log 

  • October 1, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added builder/designer info.
  • October 1, 2014: New Street View added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Luke

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