Comstock's magazine 1019 - October 2019

Roseville bridges and trail project ROSEVILLE CELEBRATES DOWNTOWN CONNECTIVITY T he City of Roseville celebrates its Library are now beautifully linked across Downtown Bridges & Trail Project Dry Creek with pedestrian bridges and a with the opening of three bridges trail connection.” linking downtown to Royer Park across Dry Creek. Celebrating with the city are civil engineers Mark Thomas & Company, Callander Associates Landscape Architects, architectural designer Piches Architecture, general contractor MCM Construction, M. Neils Engineering and decorative concrete subcontractor T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc. Two of the three bridges are newly constructed, while the other is a restored and realigned historic bridge. The main new bridge is a pedestrian’s delight, aligned with Vernon Street Town Square as a visual thoroughfare and wide enough to accommodate public events. The other newly constructed bridge replaces a flood- Roseville residents and visitors will celebrate damaged bridge and now stands, enhanced too, as the bridges give increased access to as an architectural feature, higher and safer. downtown by foot or bicycle. “Downtown The third crossing, the steel Rube Nelson Roseville, bordered by the railyard on one “Ice House” Bridge, is part of Roseville’s side and a creek on the other, has had an history and comes to life again to help isolation issue, so these bridges will greatly connect the city’s past to its future. enhance its walking and biking pattern here,” says architect Dave Piches. Standing tall to withstand seasons of high CALLANDER ASSOCIATES water, the bridges feature steps, ramps and Jason Shykowski, Roseville public works arches in a welcoming way. “We tried to M. director, says, “Completing this project incorporate Roseville’s past into the design Engineering, Neils marks the conclusion of several exciting with a sense of 1930’s WPA-era strength and Electrical Engineers | Lighting Designers and landmark public improvements for pictorial plaques that make a walk across Roseville’s downtown. Neighborhoods, feel like a historic celebration as well as a shops, restaurants, Royer Park, Vernon great step into the city’s future,” Piches says. Inc. Street Town Square, and the Downtown 102 comstocksmag.com | 201 7 9 roseville.ca.us/DowntownBridges SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL SUPPLEMENT

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