New renderings have been published for the proposed pedestrian bridge to cross Warm Water Cove in Dogpatch, San Francisco. The extension to the Bay Trail will connect a public park with the planned Potrero Power Station redevelopment, a project for which demolition has occurred, but construction has yet to start. Harrigan Weidenmuller Company is the project developer.
Warm Water Cove bridge view looking north, rendering via Groundworks Office
Warm Water Cove bridge, rendering via Groundworks Office
Groundworks Office is the project’s landscape architect, working with Simpson Gumpertz & Heger as the structural engineer and CBG as the civil engineer. WRA is the environmental consultant. Illustrations show a timber bridge reminiscent of the Moynihan Connector extension of the High Line in New York, designed by SOM.
The pedestrian and bicycle bridge will connect Warm Water Cove with the Amazon Warehouse parking lot at 401 23rd Street. Though small, the project pushes forward progress on the San Francisco Bay Trail, a planned 500-mile pedestrian and bicycle path wrapped around the Bay waterfront. Right now, the trail extends 350 miles. Once complete, the trail will extend through 47 cities and seven toll bridges.
23rd Street Bay Trail site map, illustration by Groundworks Office
23rd Street Bay Trail existing condition, illustration by Groundworks Office
By 401 23rd Street, the trail will connect to the 2,600-unit Potrero Power Station and the one-thousand-plus-unit Pier 70, both masterplans with millions of square feet of offices, retail, and public space to accompany the housing.
Construction is expected to last around 18 months, with six months for the seawall and 12 months for the bridge. In-water work will need to happen between June 15th to November 30th during low tides.
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When I have trouble sleeping, I now have a remedy: Ican look at these drawings and go right to slumberland. “Illustrations show a timber bridge reminiscent of a prefab temporary span rented while a permanent bridge is being buit”….zzz