Council Bluffs, IA - Omaha, NE Bridge
Tucson has decided not to go forward with what I thought would be major attraction to their city. A spectacular bridge which I posted about here.
Perhaps not as grand, and only for pedistrians and bicyclists, work has been commenced on a new bridge spanning the Missouri River, and connecting the cities of Omaha and Council Bluffs.
Your tax dollars at work.
It likely will become one of the major attractions for bicyclists from all over the world – something that everyone who bikes will want to ride across. Construction is to start this fall on pedestrian/bicycle bridge over the Missouri River between Council Bluffs and downtown Omaha on the western Iowa border. Members of the Chamber of Commerce in Council Bluffs were told at their quarterly meeting last week that the 2,221-foot-long bridge will be suspended from towers stretching up to 225 feet high, north of the Interstate Highway 480 bridge, according to stories in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil. It is a $22 million project, with at least $19 million of that being federal funding.
