Red Gate Bridge Opens on St. Charles’ North End
Local, county, and state officials gather for festivities, ribbon-cutting before span opens to vehicles; pedestrian/bike portion of bridge to open in the spring.
Local, county, and state officials gather for festivities, ribbon-cutting before span opens to vehicles; pedestrian/bike portion of bridge to open in the spring. Overcast skies and drizzly conditions failed to dampen spirits Saturday morning as city, county and state officials — part of a crowd of as many as 170 people — gathered to the opening of a bridge that began as the seeds of an idea first planted 92 years ago. Members of the St. Charles City Council, city staff and other officials braved chilly winds that buffeted the new span about 11 a.m., when St. Charles Mayor Donald DeWitte, wielding an oversized pair of ceremonial scissors, shouted “Merry Christmas St. Charles” as he cut a large ribbon to mark the opening of the Red Gate …
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Steve Swanson
3:52 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
I was not one of those who opposed the Red Gate Bridge but my only regret is that it is not the bridge it was originally proposed to be. When it was first brought up years ago, it was talked about as a way of allowing semi-truck traffic to bypass downtown St. Charles; semi-trucks will not be able to use the Red Gate bridge because it is not sufficiently wide. more ›