Come April there will be a new way for pedestrians and cyclists to safely cross the Trinity River to get from the cultural district to downtown and back. Streams and Valleys, Inc. and the City of Fort Worth worked together to secure the funds necessary to build the Phyllis Tilley Memorial Bridge which is a 384-foot Stress Ribbon style bridge that will be the first of its kind to be constructed in the United Sates.

The new bridge will be named in memory of one of Streams and Valley’s founders and was designed by Boston architect Miguel Rosales in coordination with Fort Worth’s Freese and Nichols.

Construction for the bridge footprint as of late November.

Tilley Bridge will be located just south of the Lancaster Street Bridge and will connect to an existing section of the Trinity Trails on the east side of the river.  It is expected to be completed by Aprilof 2012.