Client: Municipality of Anchorage
Owner: Municipality of Anchorage
Cost of Work: $1.8 million

The $1.8 million Tudor Trail project connects the University Park area at Bragaw Street with the Campbell Park area and provides needed pedestrian access across the busy five-lane Tudor Road. The new Alaska Native Medical Center was built adjacent to the highly-land-scaped and contoured, but functional, trail; heavy traffic was anticipated by all types of users. The project consists of about 3,000 feet of trail, a concrete pedestrian underpass, landscaping improvements, and a 160-foot clear-span curved steel box-girder bridge. PND was responsible for survey, geotechnical, design and structural inspection services for this project, and also provided liaison services between the Anchorage Parks and Recreation Department, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, and the Federal Highway Administration, which funded the project. PND was also responsible for preparation of the ISTEA funding requests and obtaining funding for the project through DOT/PF and FHWA. The project was designed using DOT/PF and FHWA design standards.

The bridge is a unique bridge structure, and demonstrates the ability for PND to communicate with a wide variety of individuals, government agencies and the public. It also demonstrates PND's goal to provide clients with the most cost-effective, aesthetic solution possible. The bridge has won several national awards for its design innovation in combining technical engineering challenges with graceful solutions. Users enthusiastically support the design and its integration into the land, lakes, and existing trail system.