The City of Burlington has announced the closure of Spring Gardens Road between the west end of Woodland Cemetery and the Valley Inn Road to permit construction of the new pedestrian bridge at Valley Inn.
The section of road will be closed from Monday, January 3 to Sunday, March 20. All vehicle and pedestrian access will be cut off. Only emergency vehicles and staff from the Royal Botanical Gardens will be permitted.
The bridge is the property of the City of Hamilton. The current bridge was installed in 1964 but closed to cars in 2006 and to pedestrians in 2009 for safety reasons.
“Generally, the existing abutments will be left in place and new abutments will be built behind the structure. The new bridge will be constructed in sections off-site and a crane will be used to lift the bridge into position. The new crossing will incorporate design elements of the existing bridge,” according to a Hamilton staff report earlier this year.
The replacement bridge was made possible by a donation from the Patrick J. McNally Charitable Foundation.
