(This is late for last Friday after figuring out what we were supposed to do for it)To view the blog, you can go here. The plan is a visionary one that could revolutionize the way old engineering systems can be reused. The east span of the Bay Bridge is completely unusable due to new laws saying it is not stable enough. The plan is to change the bridge to a park that hovers over the water. The innovative design would recycle the unused bridge and help create a better sense of community. The mixed use bridge would create a small community on the water.
Ronald Rael has developed a plan that would preserve the existing cantilever and truss section of the Bay Bridge and transform the span into a park and mixed-use development.
The upper deck of the bridge would include about 2 miles of bicycle and pedestrian pathways, as well as tennis courts, a climbing wall, and 15 acres for planting gardens and growing crops. The lower level mixed-use development would include a number of pre-fabricated residential units, swimming pools, retail development and cultural amenities, such as museums and an open-air amphitheater. This idea will retrofit America and help with discoveries of other ways to "green" the community.
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