Assembly Sq <-> Casino Footbridge

Update: MassDOT wants to open the new bridge by 2030, sooner than what they had been saying lately:
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/0...ring-for-mystic-river-car-free-bridge-project

New tied arch drop
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This should be much easier and much quicker to build. Instead of needing to do a complex cast in place offset axial parabolic arch, they just have to do some simple cast in place v-piers and then float up a prebuilt tied arch bridge on a barge and raise it into place.

Since the new bridge is much wider I feel like it would be a good idea to designate two bike lanes in the middle of the ROW to keep the uses separated and the pedestrians off to the sides to keep conflicts down and the flow moving. People walking are going to inevitably stop and take pictures/gaze at the water etc. Having both uses mixed like shown above would just create conflicts between bikes and pedestrians as the bikes try to weave around people. Thats an easy fix though they can just paint the lanes on if thats something that would be a good idea.
 
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