Construction of the new pedestrian bridge that will cross Highway 75 from the former Creighton University Medical Center to a tower landing on the western edge of the California Mall on the Creighton campus is about to begin
The construction of piers and a landing tower on Creighton property will support the pedestrian bridge superstructure. Traffic restrictions will begin this weekend. The northbound lanes of Highway 75 from Hamilton Street to Douglas Street will be closed from 10 p.m. on Friday to 6 a.m. on Monday, April 9.
Travelers driving northbound on Highway 75 will be detoured at the Harney/Dodge Street exit and will use northbound 28th Street to Dodge to northbound 30th Street to the Hamilton Street entrance ramp.
The westbound I-480 ramp to northbound US-75 will be closed. Traffic will be detoured using30th Street to the Hamilton Street entrance ramp.
The bridge is part of the redevelopment of the former Creighton University Medical Center site that is will be used for several hundred apartment units and retail space.
The new bridge will span from the southeast corner of the former CUMC campus on the west and align with the existing pedestrian mall on the Creighton University campus.