Big updates today on the 22nd Street Bridge project on the Southside. Neighbors and former council member Richard G. Fimbres gathered at 22nd Street and Cherrybell Stravenue to share the latest on the long-delayed bridge reconstruction.
If you’ve ever driven through 22nd St. between Kino Parkway and Tucson Boulevard, then you know just how backed up it can get, but by early next year, that’s about to change.
Jesse Lugo, a native Tucsonan, was only eight years old when the 22nd Street Bridge was constructed.
“This bridge was built in 1966. That’s a long time ago,” Lugo said. “In fact, this bridge is dangerous because the rebar is sticking out of that—out of the concrete on it.”…