A long-planned bridge to carry cyclists and pedestrians over Wade Avenue in West Raleigh will soon begin to take shape.
If all goes as planned, crews with a big crane will hoist into place the steel frame of half of the new bridge beside Blue Ridge Road next weekend. The other half is scheduled to be erected later in the month.
The bridge is the most visible part of a new 10-foot-wide path the city is building along Blue Ridge from the N.C. Museum of Art Park south toward Trinity Road. When it’s completed next year, the path will be the first accommodations for pedestrians along this busy stretch of five-lane road near the Lenovo Center and the State Fairgrounds…