The Irvine community celebrated the opening of a new bridge today by walking on it over the 5 Freeway.
The $14.5 million Jeffrey Open Space Trail Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge is almost 1,200 feet long and 15 feet wide, spanning the I-5 Freeway.
In 2015, the Jeffrey Open Space Trail opened as a 3.5-mile path. During a 2024 ground-breaking ceremony for the bridge, city and state leaders called it a key link connecting JOST trails with the coastal trail network, the Santa Ana Mountains, and the Cleveland National Forest…