Highland Bridge

This is the 3^rd and last bridge to cross when heading from Downtown (16^th St Mall) to the Highlands. It’s a pedestrian bridge that crosses above a highway. On a clear day, you can see a beautiful view of the Rocky Mountains from this bridge. It’s awesome. Once crossed over to the Highlands, there are many cool looking towers, buildings, and apartments, along with good eateries.

The Highland Bridge gets 5 stars not only because it is crosses 25 and it is always fun to watch cars wiz, or at rush hour, crawl, by but also because of how freaking awesome the city planning is in Denver. Essentually you can walk on pedistrian only roads for 2 miles right through the heart of downtown. All the way from the Capital building, down the 16^th Street Mall accross the Platte and 24 to the Highlands.
And be sure to see the «Sausage Statue» (As it was introduced to me) just before you go over 25 heading west. At night it lights up!

I live close to this bridge and will take my dog across it nightly just to take it all in. Denver is a walker’s city, it’s just not a great place to drive.
Platte street is amazing with wonderful shops. The river is nearby and beautiful with plenty to see. AS one person said, it’s amazing to see how much downtown Denver has grown. The bridge is a very special place.

So much fun to ride your bicycle down!

This bridge gets 5 stars because it connects across I-​25 and people don’t have to drive downtown. I mean it is great that it connects to the Highlands neighborhood! They have some restaurants there in Highlands that walking from the bridge would be a nice little exercise and not too grueling.

The anticipated 16^th street bridge of the Highlands is a nice addition to one of the oldest neighborhoods in Denver; however, its popularity is probably caused more by the marketers and Realtors themselves… Trying to get more people to buy up houses and condos.
I think that most people who live in the Highlands and work in
downtown area are probably taking the bus, but this is a great
addition for those who travel by bike or who want the extended walk to work.
The bridge connects the highlands to the Platte river front park… So
it is easy to hop on over to the stores, restaurants, and river… Just
make sure you don’t get mugged once you make it back into the
Highlands.
* Star one is for connecting the community
** Star-​studded number two is for a four-​way stop sign at the base of the bridge so that hop-​scotching pedestrians don’t get hit by flying cars on hydraulics
*** Star three is for the bridge’s marketing power… Which is making
the Highlands the Brooklyn of Denver
Star four and five were taken away due to it taking forever to finish
the bridge.

One of my closest friends lives in the Highlands, and this bridge is like a dream. Driving downtown is nice, but why not walk?
Even better than downtown, though, the bridge will take you to more out-​of-​the-​way and cooler places, such as those on Platte Street. It also serves as a harbinger of how much farther downtown is set to expand. It’s amazing how much it’s grown since I moved here less than a decade ago.

I love this bridge. It makes life so much easier when you have to get to downtown from the Highland area and back again.
Best of all, it’s GREEN (as in good for the earth, it is white in color.)
No more driving to downtown and paying for parking.
YAY!