JUDY BALES
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35th Avenue and Salt River Bridge
Phoenix, Arizona
2008

The bridge features concrete rustication at tops of piers, columns and bridge endings. The relief designs depict a stylized cottonwood leaf, inspired by the willow-riparian ecosystem that is being restored along the Salt River. The veins of the cottonwood leaf also represent the bridge and highway systems, alluding to the integration of the natural and built environment.

Bridge is 9 spans, and a total of 1100' long.
Concrete designs contracted by TransSystems Corporation, Tucson, Arizona.

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