MOVING ALONG
ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE & UPDATES
THE COMPANIES AND EXPERTS
DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING
Creating a world-first for KC is a team effort. These remarkable companies have donated expertise, labor, and dollars to help get it done!
CONSTRUCTING THE ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
THE PREP WORK
Connect the bridge to the riverfront trails network and adjacent land with ramps and broad staircases
CONSTRUCTING
THE FOUNDATION
THE ROCK ISLAND
BRIDGE’S ENTERTAINMENT
DISTRICT WILL HAVE:
- Two commercial kitchens serving an array of cuisines
- Public seating for approximately 400
- Three bars/coffee shops
- Lower deck event space
- 11 restrooms
- Office and merchandising space
- A spacious walkway along the south side for pedestrians and dismounted bikers
- A waterproof roof thanks to the second concrete deck 11 ft. above
MOVING TO THE TOP DECK
- A covered, 250-person event space with a roof that rises to the very top of the superstructure (55 ft. above the base of the bridge)
- A dance floor
- An open-air veranda that can be used in conjunction with the event space or separately
- Two top-deck bars/coffee shops
- Catering room
- Restrooms
- Open veranda seating overlooking the river and the city
THE COMMUNITY ZONE
The Community Zone is approximately 9 ft. x 100 ft. long cantilevers from both sides of the western end of the bridge as tenting space for the local farmers’ markets and other nonprofits that share a mission to activate the levee trails and the river.
AMERICA’S FIRST
TRAILHEAD
OVER A RIVER