ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The long-awaited Rio Bravo bridge rebuild in the South Valley is now forcing the city to revamp acres of open space set to be built over. The nearly ten-acre open space area falls right under the Rio Bravo bridge that the New Mexico Department of Transportation said is in dire need of repairs. With that bridge repair, NMDOT said they’ll have to reformat how the open space is used.
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More than 20 years old, the Rio Bravo bridge needs a total replacement. Spanning between Second Street and Isleta, it’s one of NMDOT’s next major construction projects, but in order to do it, the state will have to revamp the next-door open space. The Rio Bravo Riverside Picnic Area, Fishing Pier, and Nature Trail was built back in 2001 but a new bridge is set to go right through the middle of it.