| Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge | |
| Coordinates: | 32.705°N -117.157°W |
| Carries: | Pedestrian Traffic |
| Crosses: | Harbor Drive, San Diego Trolley tracks, and San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railroad tracks |
| Locale: | San Diego, California |
| Design: | Self-anchored suspension bridge |
| Length: | 550 feet (168 m) |
| Width: | 16 feet (5 m) |
| Mainspan: | 354 feet (108 m)[1] |
| Clearance Below: | 25 feet (8 m) |
| Architect: | Safdie Rabines Architects |
| Engineering: | T.Y. Lin International |
| Open: | March 18, 2011 |
Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge is a pedestrian bridge in San Diego, California. Located in downtown San Diego, the bridge spans the San Diego Trolley and San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway. The bridge crosses over six lanes of traffic on Harbor Drive, connecting the San Diego Convention Center with the Gaslamp Quarter and East Village.
Completed in March 2011, the bridge was built to allow pedestrian traffic on Park Boulevard to safely cross six sets of railroad tracks and Harbor Drive. The bridge also completes the "Park to Bay Link", a long term vision of city planners to develop a public parkway or green belt along Park Blvd, in order to connect Balboa Park with San Diego Bay.[2]
The bridge was built by Reyes Construction, Inc. It was engineered by T.Y. Lin International; Safdie Rabines Architects was project architect. The bridge cost $26.8 million[3] and was funded in part by a $6 million grant from the California Transportation Commission.[4]
The bridge is 550feet long, which makes it one of the longest self-anchored suspension bridges in the world. The span measures 350feet while the remainder is approaches.[5]
The bridge is suspended from a single 131adj=midNaNadj=mid pylon set into the ground at a 60-degree angle. The unusual, iconic structure[6] features a curved concrete deck that is suspended only on the deck's inside curve by a single pair of suspension cables.
The bridge was constructed using stainless steel. It has lighting above and below the deck. It has been described as "a sleek, nautically themed bridge with a very nice view of the city."