Year in Preview: Pedestrian Bridge over U.S. 280

Runners and walkers can look forward to a new route linking Mountain Brook to Homewood. Funding has been secured from both the City of Homewood and the City of Mountain Brook for to create a pedestrian bridge on Hollywood Boulevard over U.S. 280 this year.

Twenty percent of funding is from the cities, and the other 80 percent is from the federal level. As of December, the project was still tied up with the Alabama Department of Transportation on procedural matters. The cities are both currently working to negotiate the use of property where businesses now stand on the Mountain Brook side and a graveyard is on the Homewood side.

The bridge will ultimately be part of a larger trail system that connects with a loop around the Birmingham Zoo.