pedestrian bridge

FIU Bridge Engineering Consultant Was Not Qualified According to NTSB

Gerard Albert III and Joshua Ceballos/PantherNOW Staff An engineering company contracted to independently review the FIU bridge was never qualified to do so, according to documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board. Louis Berger, one of two engineering firms tapped review the design of the bridge before it ultimately fell on Thursday, March 15 […]

New bridge to benefit student pedestrians

“It’s actually really beneficial for me since there’s no easy way – other than driving – that I know of to get to those places from campus. It also means I have more a variety of places to go.”

109 Tower opens to FIU community

This fall semester, the private off-campus apartment and condo building 109 Tower has opened its doors to the FIU community.

TIGER Grant: bringing the University and City together

A U.S. Department of Transportation discretionary grant program, called Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery 2013, appropriated $11.4 million to the University on Sept. 5.These funds will develop the pedestrian bridge that will connect the University with Sweetwater, and street improvements two blocks north and south of Southwest Eighth Street, on 109th Avenue.

University plans to build bridges with community

The University has joined with the neighboring City of Sweetwater to propose building a pedestrian bridge. This bridge is said to cross Southwest Eighth St., otherwise known as Tamiami Trail, and will connect MMC with Sweetwater along 109 Ave.
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