On Monday evening, members of the St. Charles City Council, city staff, and local media toured the site of the Red Gate Bridge and reviewed the project’s progress.
The Red Gate Bridge will provide St. Charles with its northernmost Fox River crossing. The bridge is being constructed:
- to enhance transportation infrastructure
- to alleviate congestion in downtown St. Charles
- to connect the St. Charles community in a new way
- to provide a new recreational amenity and enhance access to existing forest preserve district lands and bike trails
- to enhance public safety
- to save residents of St. Charles and the surrounding area time and money
Construction began in 2011 and is on track to finish in time for a December 15, 2012 opening to vehicular traffic with the pedestrian and bike bridge to open in the spring of 2013.
If you would like to monitor the bridge construction, you can do so at the project website.
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- A view of the project site from the former Little Woods School property.
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- These bridge piers are approximately 30 feet tall and are on the east side of the Fox River.
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- Mayor DeWitte and members of the City Council listen to project managers talk about the status of construction.
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- A view of the Fox River looking northwest from the east bank of the river.
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- This photo shows a crane operating on the east bank of the river. Another crane for the west bank can be seen in the background.
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- This photo shows the extremely low water level in the Fox River.
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- A view of the construction activities on the west bank of the Fox River.
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- A view of the bridge piers on the east side of the Fox River.
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- A view of the Fox River looking north from the project site.
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- This photo shows the temporary construction platform constructed over the Fox River.
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- A view of the Fox River looking south from the project site.
