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<br /> . ~ ~i. <br /> Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> ~ 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> N E W S R E L E A S E (503) 687-5262 <br /> June 5, 19 2 <br /> CONTACT: ouis Kroeck, 465-2692 <br /> From Sandr Gleason, Public Communications Manager, 687-5223 <br /> FOR IMMEDI TE RELEASE <br /> ALTON BAKER BIKE BRIDGE TO BE REPLACED <br /> The w oden bike bridge at Alton Baker Park, closed since last year <br /> because of structural problems, will be replaced this summer with a new <br /> concrete b idge. <br /> Wo k is scheduled to begin June 15 and be completed by the end of <br /> July. Aug st Construction of Eugene has been awarded the $79,600 contract to <br /> do the wor which will be paid for from the city of Eugene's capital <br /> improvemen project fund. <br /> The p oject includes installing a new weir at the downstream end of the <br /> Alton Bake waterway. The west end of the Alton Baker pool may be drained <br /> during con truction of the new dam. The east end, in the area of the boat <br /> rental, wi 1 remain filled with water. <br /> Louis Kroeck, a landscape architect with the city's Engineering <br /> Division, aid the new bridge will be wider and will feature 1880's-style <br /> carriage 1 ghts at both ends. <br /> more <br /> <br />