Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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|begin = 2006-10-October 26, 2006<ref name="groundbreaking">{{cite web news|url=http://www.ketv.com/newsarchive/10164746/detail.html |title=Ground Broken On Pedestrian Bridge |publisher= [[KETV]]-TV |location=Omaha, NE |date=2006-10-October 26, |2006 |accessdate=November 17, 2006 |url-11-17status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061104231722/http://www.ketv.com/newsarchive/10164746/detail.html |archivedate=November 4, 2006 }}</ref>

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The '''Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge'''<ref name="naming">{{cite webnews |url= http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10428458 |title= Omaha vote makes name official: Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge |publisherwork= ''[[Omaha World-Herald]]''| |date= September 9, 2008-09-09 | accessdate= September 9, 2008 |url-09-09status= dead |archiveurl= https://archive.today/20130131094200/http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10428458 |archivedate= January 31, 2013 }}</ref> is a {{convert|3000|ft|m|abbradj=on}} [[footbridge]] across the [[Missouri River]] between [[Council Bluffs, Iowa]], and [[Omaha, Nebraska]]. It opened on 28 September 28, 2008.<ref name="opening" />

Interest in a landmark bridge across the Missouri River arose after Omaha and Council Bluffs began replacing their older crossings with [[girder bridge]]s which do not have towers (most notably the [[Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge]]).{{FactCitation needed|date=September 2008}} The bridge is named after former Nebraska Senator [[Bob Kerrey]], who secured $18 million of federal funding for the bridge in 2000.<ref name="naming" />.

The bridge was redesigned in 2004 after the lowest bid for the project was $44 million. In May 2006, a final [[cable-stayed bridge]] design by [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] engineering and architectural firm [[HNTB]] was selected for the bridge. The $22 million bid included two {{convert|200|ft|m|adj=on}} towers and a clearance of {{convert|52|ft|m}} above the river. Groundbreaking for construction of the bridge occurred on October 26, 2006.<ref name="groundbreaking" />

The bridge is north of the [[Interstate 480 (Iowa-Nebraska)|I-Interstate 480]] (I-480) girder bridge and connects the [[Port of Omaha]]'s [[Miller Landing]] in Omaha to [[One Renaissance Center]] in the former [[Dodge Park Playland]] in Council Bluffs, making it the first ever pedestrian bridge to connect two states.

The lights on the bridge were donated by [[The Gallup Organization|Gallup]], which has their corporate headquarters and Gallup University located on the Missouri River adjacent the Omaha landing of the bridge. The bridge lights include programmable controls that can display multiple colors in the large lights at the top of the towers and alter brightness and timing of the lights that run the entire length of the bridge. The lights were officially unveiled in a ceremony on September 13, 2008. The bridge lights were turned on while the [[Phil Collins]] song "''In The Air Tonight''" was played over a [[PA system]]. The event was accompanied by fireworks.

Due to safety concerns prompted by the [[2011 Missouri River floods]], the entrance on the Iowa side was closed on July 2 of that year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ketv.com/news/28430963/detail.html |publisher= KETV-TV |location= Omaha, NE |accessdate= April 5, 2012 |title= Omaha News, Weather and Sports - Nebraska News - KETV NewsWatch 7 }} {{dead link|date=June 2012}}</ref> It reopened September 3, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Iowa_Side_Of_Pedestrian_Bridge_Reopens_129197808.html |title= Iowa Side of Pedestrian Bridge Reopens |publisher= [[WOWT]] |location= Omaha, NE |accessdate= April 5, 2012}}</ref>

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| [[Image:BobKerreyBridge-Lighting.jpg|thumb|Fireworks highlighting the unveiling of the bridge lights on September 13, 2008]]

|[[Image:Wiki photos 085.jpg|thumb|Fireworks highlighting the unveiling of the bridge lights on September 13, 2008]]

| [[File:Wiki photos 052.jpg|thumb|View from the Omaha landing; during construction of the bridge, Aug 08']]

| [[File:P9060909.JPG|thumb|Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge at sunset]]▼

| [[File:Downtown and Pedestrian Bridge.jpg|thumb|Downtown Omaha and Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge]]

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In 2015, the bridge joined Twitter as @BobTBridge, an effort by the Omaha Convention & Visitors Bureau.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.omaha.com/living/omaha-bridge-gains-ability-to-speak-joins-twitter/article_263b7ad0-265f-11e5-a54b-b39e4a60d2ab.html|title=Omaha bridge gains ability to speak, joins Twitter|date=9 July 2015 }}</ref>

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▲| [[File:P9060909Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge.JPG|thumbjpg|Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge at sunset]]

File:Bobkerrypedbridge.jpg|Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge in spring

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==See also==

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*[[Trails in Omaha]]

*[[List of crossings of the Missouri River]]

*[[Parks in Omaha]]

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==References==

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==External links==

*{{Commons category-inline}}

*[http://www.omahariverfront.com/articles2006/20060514_pedbridge.htm Omahariverfront.com article on final design]

*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIcPfm1bezM Video walking tour of bridge] ▼

*[http://www.pedestrianbridgecam.com/ Construction Cam]

*{{Structurae|id=s0020519|title=Missouri River Pedestrian Bridge}}

*[http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/departments/mayor/EconDev/PedestrianBridgePictures.htm Pedestrian Bridge Concept Pictures] at official Omaha city website

▲*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIcPfm1bezM Video walking tour of bridge]

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