Faster and safer trips between the city and inner west will become a reality for pedestrians and bike riders with the bright green walking and cycling bridge into the heart of the Docklands now open to the public, as part of the West Gate Tunnel Project.
The elevated crossing over Footscray Road will make it easier and safer for people to walk and ride to and from the CBD.
Inspired by the West Gate Bridge design and suspended from two 40-metre tall steel pylons by a series of cables, the 220-metre long bridge takes bike riders diagonally over busy Footscray Road – linking to the Docklands retail precinct, the Capital City trail, the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail and soon-to-be-completed elevated Veloway.
The bridge now provides a safe and dedicated elevated crossing over the busy Footscray Road and Waterfront Way intersection – linking the Capital City Trail seamlessly to the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail, enhancing one of Melbourne’s key strategic cycling corridors.
It’s the next step in transforming the Footscray Road corridor into what’s being touted as Australia’s premiere cycling super-highway, with the bridge forming a critical part of a bike connection to the 2.5-kilometre veloway, which opens later this year.
