Project Description

 In the heart of Silicon Valley, Palo Alto (along with its neighbor to the south, Mountain View) is home to hundreds of technology and research-based companies, including a number of major employers such as Google, Intuit, and Space Systems Loral that have clustered in close proximity to Highway 101 and the Bay Trail. To better link these growing job centers with regional trails and bicycle facilities, and improve access to superb recreation opportunities like the Baylands, the City has prioritized the funding and construction of a new, year-round bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing over Highway 101 at Adobe Creek near the City’s southern border.

 
The Highway 101 Pedestrian/Bike Bridge Project at Adobe Creek will replace the existing seasonal Benjamin Lefkowitz Underpass that is available only half the year (on average) due to seasonal flooding. It would also complement an existing, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) non-compliant, overpass that is 1.25 miles north. The new overcrossing will include a new Class I trail connection, connecting West Bayshore Road to the Baylands.

The Project is funded from local, state and federal sources, including a $4 million grant from the County of Santa Clara’s Stanford Recreation Mitigation Fund.

Scope of Work

• The project includes the principal span structures consisting of self-weathering steel trusses over Highway 101 and East and West Bayshore Roads, the east and west concrete approach structures, three trailheads, and the Adobe Creek Reach Trail. The pathway will be 12 feet wide.
• The Adobe Creek Reach Trail will connect the trailheads at East Meadow Drive and West Bayshore Road.
• Site amenities, signage, landscaping, and lighting are also included.

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Project Status

Environmental assessment and project design were completed in late 2017 and early 2019, respectively. Caltrans approved the right-of-way certification, encroachment permit, and Authorization to Proceed in 2019. On November 18, 2019, Council approved the construction contract for the project. Construction began in late January 2020 and is anticipated to be completed by summer 2021.

West Bayshore Road will be Closed on October 7, 8 PM to 6 AM for Bike Bridge Construction 
On October 7, 2020, the project team will be installing a 140 feet long prefabricated steel bridge over Adobe Creek along West Bayshore road. West Bayshore road will be closed during installation of the bridge from Wednesday, October 7 at 8 p.m. until Thursday, October 8 at 6 a.m.  The following detour will be in effect during the closure: traffic in both northbound and southbound directions via E. Meadow Drive, Louis Road and Loma Verde Ave (See detour map). This closure may be extended until Saturday, October 10 till 6 a.m. if needed to complete installation. 

Detour Map during closure of West Bayshore Road

Construction Activities Performed from January through April 2020:

The following activities were performed: 

• Pre-construction meeting
• Submittals preparation and review (e.g. Traffic Control Plans, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan, shop drawings, etc.)
• Stakeholder coordination
• Project documentation, management, and control
• Vegetation removal
• Utility markings, coordination and relocation on West Bayshore Road

Construction Activities Planned from May through Fall 2020:
The following construction activities are planned:

• Implement Stormwater Pollution Prevention and Traffic Control Plans.
  
• Place Construction Area Signs.
  
• Continue submittals and shop drawings review.
  
• Complete construction of joint utility trench and relocation of utilities along West Bayshore Road.
  
• Perform steel fabrication and inspections and testing
  
• Begin bridge piles and columns construction. 
  
• Complete Adobe Creek Bridge fabrication and erection.
  
• Stakeholder coordination
  
• Project documentation, management, and control 

Project Documents

Architectural Review Board Documents

Contact Information