Gov. Jared Polis on Friday announced a proposal for two new pedestrian bridges over Broadway and Lincoln Street to more safely connect the state Capitol to Civic Center Park.
Upper Downtown Denver has a few skyways. The rest of the city is full of pedestrian bridges over freeways, railroad tracks and waterways. Bridges over surface streets are much rarer, but the city’s built and destroyed at least one before.
In March 1966, a 43-year-old driver traveling 30 mph hit two Gove Junior High students who were crossing Colorado Boulevard at East 14th Avenue to attend a gym class. They were both “dragged or knocked nearly 80 feet by the impact” and died within days…