Construction is continuing on two campus bridges that will safely carry pedestrians over busy streets.
One bridge will carry pedestrians from the new parking garage across Campus Street to LLU Medical Center. Construction began in April and is scheduled to finish in mid-September. A roof canopy will be completed by mid-October.
In the latter half of July, Campus Street will be shut down for one day—probably a Sunday—to lay the precast concrete beams over the road, which will support a new 8-foot wide pedestrian walkway over Campus Street.
The bridge will proclaim the words “Loma Linda University Health” to passing cars.
Construction of the pedestrian bridge to the Centennial Complex is coupled with the lowering of Stewart Street to pass below it. These are scheduled for completion at the end of August. Crews are now working to grade the road, construct curbs, lay asphalt paving, stripe the streets, install site lighting and handrails, and put the finishing touches on the retaining walls. Solar panel-covered canopies will eventually be added to the pedestrian bridge.
The walls on either side of the street will bear LLU’s motto, “to make man whole,” in addition to a stylized globe. The bridge will say “Loma Linda University” with the seal of LLU on one side and the seal of the city of Loma Linda on the other.
Additional work will follow to extend the Centennial Pathway pavers over the bridge, landscape on both sides, and extend the sidewalks.