Monday, August 20, 2007
Millennium Bridge Gets a Touch-Up
Have you ever noticed the rusty stairs on the northwest side of the Millennium Bridge in Downtown Denver's Central Platte Valley district? The steps on the southeast side are granite and concrete, but the steps on the northwest side are concrete slabs set into white-painted open metal treads. When freshly painted, the steps look quite impressive. But, metal has a way of rusting and turning all that nice white paint into--well, a rusty color, which doesn't look all that great. Here's a recent photo:
Help is on the way! Work just started on replacing the steps with the granite kind similar to the other side. Here's the planned work schedule from the Riverfront Park website, and Mike over at the Urban Brain has just posted a few photos of the start of construction. Fortunately, temporary stairs will allow people to continue to use the bridge during the renovation work. If everything goes as planned, the new stairs should be finished by Halloween.
Help is on the way! Work just started on replacing the steps with the granite kind similar to the other side. Here's the planned work schedule from the Riverfront Park website, and Mike over at the Urban Brain has just posted a few photos of the start of construction. Fortunately, temporary stairs will allow people to continue to use the bridge during the renovation work. If everything goes as planned, the new stairs should be finished by Halloween.
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Thank god. On the way to work earlier this summer I saw the stairs and I cringed at the fact they were only a few years old and rusting. They reminded me of the DIA stairs around the parking garages; those things are horrible looking. Is it just failure by enigneers and architects to foresee painted, metal stairs rusting? Or is it just poor quality metal...
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: 8/21/2007 12:46:00 AM
: 8/21/2007 12:46:00 AM
ewww rusty metal
Yippie for granite! That will look so fancy...why someone would design one material on one side and another material on the other is a mystery to me!
Yippie for granite! That will look so fancy...why someone would design one material on one side and another material on the other is a mystery to me!
Permalink Posted by : 8/21/2007 05:01:00 PM
: 8/21/2007 05:01:00 PM
Also like the stairs in the Sears/Whole Foods parking lot in Cherry Creek. Really, what are they thinking painting metal that is going to rust white?
Permalink Posted by : 8/21/2007 09:55:00 PM
: 8/21/2007 09:55:00 PM
I traverse this bridge every day on my to and from work. I have always felt the the ship like nature of the bridge lended itself to the rust. The stone is not a good solution. The granite they have chosen is very slippery and I have fallen several times when the stairs are wet.
Permalink Posted by : 8/24/2007 01:15:00 PM
: 8/24/2007 01:15:00 PM
I saw someone fall down the stairs this morning due to the steps beginning to crumble on the side by the bike ramp. Turns out the touch-up wasn't really complete. These staris are dangerous!
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