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You can bike, skate, walk over the 5 Freeway in Irvine. And it’s awesome
A cyclist enjoys the new bridge in Irvine built over the 5 Freeway.
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You can now ride a bike or walk over the 5 Freeway in Irvine. Jill Replogle tried it
Jill Replogle has more on the new bridge in Irvine.
Irvine opened a new pedestrian bridge this week that lets you pedal, scoot, or walk over the 5 Freeway.
I threw my bike in the car and went to check it out.
I parked at Cypress Community Park in Irvine and was soon biking over the 5. The bridge is only for pedestrians, bikes, and scooters — so no cars to worry about.
A new bridge in Irvine opened this week. It stretches across the 5 Freeway and connects to other trails in the city.
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The bridge, which opened on Aug. 11, is a key link in Orange County’s network of trails that can take cyclists and pedestrians all the way from the hills to the Pacific Ocean.
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“It looks like they nailed it. This is great," said James Connolly, who was on a scouting trip from his home in Costa Mesa.
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“ I wanna take my e-board, which can go about 30 miles, and go all the way to here and then turn around and go back, you know? It looks like that's feasible now," he continued.
The new bridge in Irvine opened this week.
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Sadia Kahn was trying to keep up with her two young boys, who were on scooters.
“ It's our first time here. We've been watching the construction for a while, so yeah, we're excited," she said.
Khan said she has come to really appreciate Irvine's network of parks and trails.
“Prior to having kids, it would just give me like the heebie-jeebies by how like manicured it is and then you have kids and you're like, "Oh, I get the hype," she said. "We've drank the Kool-Aid is what I'm trying to say.”
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