MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Construction began Sunday on Florida International University’s pedestrian bridge at the site where the previous pedestrian bridge collapsed in 2018, killing six people.
Construction will be done in phases and traffic lanes will be closed nightly from 10 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights, and from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.
The pedestrian crosswalk on the west side of Southwest Eighth Street and Southwest 109th Avenue will be removed and will no longer be available for use.
Pedestrians will be directed to use the bridge on the east side of Southwest 109th Avenue to cross the canal.
The work is expected to wrap up in 2026 during the summer months.
The bridge collapse on March 15, 2018, killed six people: Alexa Duran, 18, Navarro Brown, 37, Brandon Brownfield, 39, Alberto Arias, 53, Oswaldo Gonzalez, 57, and Rolando Fraga, 60.