🚧 Construction Alert: Monday, June 22 🚧

Traffic holds are planned on S. Palm Canyon Drive on Monday, June 22, to allow for the safe delivery of 90-foot-long beams to the project site.

Traffic Impacts:
Monday, June 22 | 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
🔶 Traffic holds are planned between E. Camino Parocela and Mesquite Avenue.
🔶 Flaggers will stop and hold traffic as trucks deliver beams to the project area.
🔶 Traffic will also be held when the crane operator lifts beams from the trucks into the work zone.
🔶 Expect delays and please use alternate routes when possible.

Please reduce speed and use caution when traveling through the project area.

✨ Businesses remain open and accessible during construction.

This schedule may change due to weather or field conditions.

Stage 2 TRAFFIC CONTROL MAP

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About The NEW BRIDGE AND SCOPE OF WORK

The existing bridge, originally constructed in 1930, is outdated and structurally deficient. Also, the current bridge approach configuration creates a bottleneck for traffic on S. Palm Canyon Drive.

The project constructs a new, 98-foot-long bridge on S. Palm Canyon Dr. across Tahquitz Creek and reconstructs the roadway approach at both ends of the bridge to improve safety, traffic flow, and mobility connection. The new bridge includes:

  • State-of-the-art structural, seismic, and hydraulic design
  • 2 traffic lanes in each direction, 4 lanes in total
  • A 14-foot-wide concrete center median with a public art installation
  • Concrete barrier rail with public art installations on both sides of the bridge
  • Widened, 8-foot concrete sidewalks in both directions
  • A dedicated bicycle lane in each direction
  • Reconstructs the roadway approach at both ends to address the existing traffic bottleneck
  • Removes and replaces the asphalt roadway, striping and concrete median north of the bridge to Sunny Dunes Road
  • Adds an ADA accessible driveway and pedestrian ramps at the intersection with Sunny Dunes Rd
  • Connects the southbound bike lane to Mesquite Road
  • Reconstructs Tahquitz Trail west of the bridge

Existing Conditions vs. Proposed Reconstruction

BEFORE - Westerly view of the existing 95-year-old bridge of Tahquitz Creek.
BEFORE - Westerly view of the existing 95-year-old bridge of Tahquitz Creek.
AFTER - Project rendering of completed South Palm Canyon Bridge.
AFTER - Project rendering of completed South Palm Canyon Bridge.

Project Timeline

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