Bridge Name: | Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge |
Official Name: | Willie Knickerbocker Bridge |
Carries: | bicycle and pedestrian traffic, water main |
Crosses: | Willamette River |
Locale: | Eugene, Oregon |
Owner: | EWEB |
Architect: | OBEC Consulting Engineers |
Material: | concrete |
Length: | 523feet |
Width: | 14feet |
Spans: | 5 |
Pierswater: | 3 |
Begin: | 1978 |
Complete: | 1980 |
Cost: | $440,000 |
Inaugurated: | September 27, 1980 |
Toll: | none |
Coordinates: | 44.0453°N -123.0522°W |
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Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge (officially the Willie Knickerbocker Bridge) is a bridge across the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The bridge was dedicated in 1980.[1]
The bridge was originally constructed to carry a Eugene Water & Electric Board water main for $330,000. The city and county added the bridge deck, rails, and approaches for $110,000.[2]
The bridge is named for Willie Knickerbocker (1868–1960), "The Father of Bicycling in Eugene".[1]