LED panels to add final touch to bridge
A new bridge across the Missouri river is to use colour LED panels to light up its two towers.
The $22 million (£11 million) footbridge will connect the town of Omaha with Council Bluffs and is due to open in late September or early October, reports the Omaha World-Herald.
A donation from the Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation will buy the LED panels, which can have their colour changed depending on the occasion.
"We can do just about anything," Steve Scarpello, Omaha Parks Director, told the newspaper.
"We could make it red and green at Christmas time, or black and gold for the University of Iowa, or red and white for Nebraska."
Other lighting on the bridge will illuminate the rest of the towers and the 80 bridge cables, and is being funded by a $300,000 (£150,000) donation from Gallup.
The bridge was originally scheduled for completion in November but walking and cycling enthusiasts will be glad that it will be ready ahead of time so that they can enjoy it before the weather gets too cold.
Thursday, 31st July 2008
