Ofelia Bringas Memorial Bridge

PROJECT LINKS:

• Community Public Scoping Meeting Notice
• Project Fact Sheet
• Cathedral Canyon Bridge Option 1 View
• Cathedral Canyon Bridge Option 2 View
• Cathedral Canyon Bridge Layout A
• Cathedral Canyon Bridge Layout B

PROJECT BACKGROUND:

The project involves replacement of an existing 4-lane low water crossing with a new 4-lane all-weather bridge, approximately 650 feet long, over the Whitewater River on Cathedral Canyon Drive.

On March 27 Council awarded a contract for the grant-funded Date Palm sidewalk project and voted to name the new bridge on Cathedral Canyon as the Ofelia Bringas Memorial Bridge in recognition of her work for the youth of our community over many years.

BENEFITS:

During heavy rains, this low water crossing becomes impassable and is closed to through traffic, severing one of only two North/South connections between Cathedral City's downtown and the many residential and commercial neighborhoods north of the Whitewater River.

Construction of the bridge will allow traffic to cross the Whitewater River while storm waters flow below

Project Documents

Swift Water Rescue

Location:  Cathedral Canyon Drive over the Whitewater River

Applicant:  City of Cathedral City

Project Website:  http://www.cathedralcity.gov/services/engineering/capital-projects/cathedral-canyon-bridge-project

Project Description: Replacing a low water crossing that is closed several time a year for flooding with a new bridge