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<br /> <br />US 1 Pedestrian/Bicyclist Bascule Bridge over the New River PD&E <br />Fort Lauderdale, Florida <br /> <br />Owner <br />Florida Department of <br />Transportation <br />District 4 <br />Binod Basnet <br />954.777.4146 <br />Binod.basnet@dot.state.fl.us <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Completion Date <br />8/2018-2019 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Hardesty & Hanover provided bridge engineering analysis and pedestrian bridge <br />design services for a Pedestrian/Bicyclist Bascule Bridge PD&E Study for Florida <br />Department of Transportation, District 4. <br /> <br />The PD&E study developed and evaluated, from an engineering and environmental <br />constraints standpoint, design alternatives for a new signature pedestrian/ bicycle <br />bascule bridge facility that will cross the New River and replace the existing <br />pedestrian walkway that exists inside the Henry E. Kinney Tunnel. <br /> <br />This study included the development and tiered screening evaluation of several <br />feasible movable bridge design alternatives. <br /> <br />Providing US-1 north-south connectivity would require implementing a functional, <br />long-standing, and balanced design that incorporates necessary aesthetics, that <br />would integrate with several adjacent historical structures and existing Riverwalk, <br />with function so that the navigational challenges that currently exist for marine traffic <br />along the New River will not be increased. <br /> <br />Another goal of the study was to identify bridge alternatives that would reduce or <br />eliminate construction impacts to the marine industry ($8.8B industry with 110,000 <br />Broward County jobs) by focusing well-established and safe construction methods, <br />such as pre-assembly of movable spans and precast piers. <br /> <br /> <br />F-16