FEATURE ARTICLE

DIGITAL RENDERING OF THE SABERCAT I-680 BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

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Driving Active Transportation

FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, USA

Pedestrian, bicycle, and public transportation facilities promote active transportation, healthy living, and serving low-income communities where people may not own a vehicle.

QR code to view a virtual reality view of the bridge. TYLin is currently assisting the City of Fremont, California, with two major active transportation projects in various stages of design development. The City sought funding for the Sabercat I-680 Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge and I-880 Innovation Bridge and Trail Project to further their commitment to active transportation.

The City’s vision is to better serve residents, commuters, and visitors by linking city trails with regional San Francisco Bay Area trail systems and providing safe nonvehicular transportation options in strategic locations.

TYLin was selected for these projects due to our unique approach, team composition, and strong ability to deliver architecturally significant overcrossings.

The Sabercat Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge is a milelong Class I bicycle and pedestrian path connecting the Irvington District and Sabercat Historical Park. The project includes a new pedestrian and bicycle overcrossing of I-680, an overhead of the Union Pacific Railroad and Bay Area Rapid Transit railway corridor, and a trail bridge over Sabercat Creek.

Essential considerations incude sensitive habitat and paleontological resources along Sabercat Creek and within Sabercat Historical Park. In addition, the path will interface with the future extension of the South Bay Greenway bicycle route, expanding connectivity with the regional bicycle network.

The I-880 Innovation Bridge and Trail Project is located within the Innovation District in Fremont between the I-880/Fremont Boulevard interchange and the I-880/Mission Boulevard/W. Warren Avenue interchange, directly adjacent to the Tesla campus.

The project will provide a signature multimodal gateway into Fremont’s Innovation District and an essential Class I bicycle and pedestrian link between the San Francisco Bay Trail and the East Bay Greenway Trail.

The bridge concept features an architecturally significant single-tower, cable-stayed structure with a curved, 200-foot-tall pylon tower. The 500-footlong landmark bridge will cross over 10 lanes of I-880, connecting from Kato Road on the west side to Landing Parkway on the east side. The project also includes nearly 2,000 linear feet of Class I multiuse trail adjacent to Agua Caliente Creek.

DIGITAL RENDERING OF THE I-880 INNOVATION BRIDGE

TYLIN TEAM

Sabercat Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge:

Hans Strandgaard, PE; Eva Cheung, PE; Daniel Fitzwilliam, PE; Sneha Pavuluri, PE; Jeffrey Hoge, PE; Sophia Huynh, PE; Jodi Ketelsen, Robert Rodland; Mark Philipps, PE; Kumar Ghosh, PE; Jeff Schiewe; Noel Shamble, AIA, NCARB; Hunter Ruthrauff; Greg Blanpied; David Hui; Hanh Tran; Saeed Karimi, PE; Tiffany Cheng; Victor Ortega; Vitaliy Danchuk; Sara Gutekunst; and David Mancini.

I-880 Innovation Bridge and Trail Project:

John Kenyon, PE; Sophia Huynh, PE; Daniel Fitzwilliam, PE; Robert Sokolowski, PE; Kumar Ghosh, PE; Nahn Vo, PE; Diego Buitrago Gutierrez, EIT; Jodi Ketelsen; Robert Rodland; Todd Koons; Anel Melkic, PE; Rob Melsheimer, PE; Allan Morris, EE; Tiffany Cheng, EIT; Sneha Pavuluri, PE; Michael Pyrz, PE; Hunter Ruthrauff; Noel Shamble, AIA, NCARB; David Hui, and Reuben Stone.

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