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|bridge_name   = Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge
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|official_name = Don Burnett Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge
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|locale        = [[Cupertino, California]]
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|designer      = HNTB Corp, architect Terry Greene<ref name="ENRCalifornia">{{cite magazine|url=http://california.construction.com/features/2009/1201_MaryAvenue.asp |title=Mary Avenue Bicycle Footbridge |author=Swinerton Management & Consulting |date=December 2009 |magazine=ENRCalifornia |access-date=3 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717001549/http://california.construction.com/features/2009/1201_MaryAvenue.asp |archive-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|begin         = {{start-date|February 1, 2008}}<ref name="CupertinoCapitalProjects">{{cite web|url=http://www.cupertino.org/index.aspx?page=118 |title=Mary Avenue Bicycle Footbridge |publisher=City of Cupertino |access-date=3 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804012217/http://www.cupertino.org/index.aspx?page=118 |archive-date=4 August 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|open          = {{start date and age|2009|April|30|mf=yes}}<ref name=cyclelicious>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclelicio.us/2009/05/mary-avenue-bridge-opening-photos.html |title=Mary Avenue bridge opening photos |author=Fritz, Yokota |date=1 May 2009 |website=cycleliciou.us |access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>
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The '''Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge''', renamed from '''Mary Avenue Bridge''' on July 19, 2011,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cupertino.org/Home/Components/News/News/576/26?arch=1&npage=31 |title=Plaque at Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge |author= |date=31 October 2011 |publisher=City of Cupertino |access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Text - SCR-35 Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge. |url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SCR35 |website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}}</ref> is a [[cable-stayed bridge]] over [[Interstate 280 (California)]], spanning [[Cupertino, California]] and [[Sunnyvale, California]], used for bicycle and pedestrian traffic. It is the only cable-stayed pedestrian bridge over a highway in California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/04/21/two-bridge-spans-open-over-highways-101-and-237-in-sunnyvale/ |title=Two bridge spans open over highways 101 and 237 in Sunnyvale |website=mercurynews.com |date=2009-04-21 |access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref> At night the bridge is lit up and can be seen by those driving on Interstate 280.  The project was awarded a [[League of California Cities#Helen Putnam Award of Excellence|Helen Putnam Award of Excellence]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Helen Putnam Award of Excellence |url=http://www.helenputnam.org/winners_2009.php |website=www.helenputnam.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cupertino's New Bridge Is Infrastructure, Art — and Affordable |url=https://www.westerncity.com/article/cupertinos-new-bridge-infrastructure-art-and-affordable |website=Western City Magazine |date=25 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> It also won the California Transportation Foundation's Pedestrian/Bicycle Project of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=California Transportation Foundation announces transportation award winners |url=https://www.equipmentworld.com/technology/article/14947405/california-transportation-foundation-announces-transportation-award-winners |website=Equipment World |language=en-us |date=5 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Ave., Bicycle Footbridge {{!}} Golden State Bridge |url=http://gsbridge.com/mary-ave-bicycle-footbridge/}}</ref>

==Construction==
The bridge was completed in 2008 and it cost $14.8 million.<ref name=mercury1>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/05/11/bold-design-on-mary-avenue-bridge-between-sunnyvale-and-cupertino-is-turning-both-heads-and-wheels/ |title=Bold design on Mary Avenue Bridge between Sunnyvale and Cupertino is turning both heads and wheels |website=mercurynews.com |date=2009-05-11 |access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref> Roughly 80 percent of the funding for the bridge came from grants, bonds and the [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority]].<ref name=mercury21>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/09/21/former-cupertino-mayor-cyclist-honored-with-don-burnett-bicycle-pedestrian-bridge/ |title=Former Cupertino mayor, cyclist honored with Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge |website=mercurynews.com |date=2016-08-13 |access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref> The original plan for the bridge was to use concrete to keep costs down, but a steel design was chosen after the bids for a concrete bridge came in too high.<ref name=mercury1/>

==Location details==
North of I-280, Mary Avenue ends in a parking lot and drop-off area for [[Homestead High School (Cupertino, California)|Homestead High School]]. Mary Avenue continues south of the highway and ends at [[De Anza College]]'s north entrance.

The address for the southern entrance to the bridge is 10655 Mary Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014-1355. The address for the northern entrance to the bridge is 21370 Homestead Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014.

[[File:Mary Ave. Bridge at Night (3652124731).jpg |frameless |center |upright=2 ]]

== See also ==
* [[Bicycle bridge]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Structurae|id=20038480|name=Mary Avenue Bicycle Footbridge}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100423162447/http://www.cupertino.org/index.aspx?page=639 Mary Ave. Bike Footbridge Webcam]

{{Cupertino, California}}

[[Category:Cupertino, California]]
[[Category:Bridges in the San Francisco Bay Area]]
[[Category:Cable-stayed bridges in the United States]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 2008]]
[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Santa Clara County, California]]
[[Category:Pedestrian bridges in California]]
[[Category:Steel bridges in the United States]]


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