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I-Drive leaders, Orange County reach agreement on design for $30 mil pedestrian bridge

I-Drive businesspeople, Orange County agree on design for $30M pedestrian bridge The "drone" concept design for the envisioned pedestrian bridge that will provide tourists a safer way to cross the I-Drive/Sand Lake Road intersection in Orlando. The design is referred to as the "drone" concept due to its resemblance of an aerial drone when viewed from overhead. (Orlando Business Journal)

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International Drive businesspeople and Orange County staff have decided on a design for the envisioned pedestrian bridge that will provide tourists a safer way to cross the I-Drive/Sand Lake Road intersection in Orlando.

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The group met for the final time on June 12 to vote on a bridge design concept before seeking public feedback and county approvals.

Two designs were considered that were semi-intersecting “C” shapes with design aspects to help make the bridge an iconic structure — something often said during the I-Drive bridge meetings, which started last August.

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