Hollywood Boulevard pedestrian bridge

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The Hollywood Boulevard pedestrian bridge is a proposed 8 foot-wide, 130 foot-long steel-framed pedestrian bridge which would span U.S. Highway 280 alongside Hollywood Boulevard from Union Hill Road to The Hollywood shopping center. The bridge would create a safer connection between the suburbs of Homewood and Mountain Brook for pedestrians and cyclists.

The proposal has been shepherded by Homewood City Council member Jennifer Andress. The two cities each pledged $200,000 in funding, alongside a commitment of $150,000 from Alabama State Senator Slade Blackwell's discretionary funds for capital projects. Additional funds were to be secured from private donors and from the State of Alabama. Private contributions have been secured from the Hollywood Garden Club, the Birmingham Track Club and Trak Shak.

That initial scheme was budgeted at $1.17 million. Placement of the pre-fabricated bridge structure was expected to require the highway to be closed for two days. Andress expected to secure all necessary funding by October 2018, with construction anticipated in Spring 2019.

Before any contracts were signed, the Jefferson County Roads and Transportation Department and the Alabama Department of Transportation developed plans to widen the existing vehicular bridge and add a traffic signal for cars exiting onto Hollywood Boulevard from Highway 280. Progress on the project was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The changes and delays led Birmingham, Homewood and Mountain Brook to revise their budget for the pedestrian bridge itself to $2 million and to commission AECOM of Los Angeles, California to produce contract documents for bids to be solicited in August 2022.

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