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Building a Bridge

The pedestrian bridge over Henderson Creek at Rookery Bay provides visitor access to state-owned land representative of habitats found in the 110,000 acre reserve.

Courtesy of Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

The pedestrian bridge over Henderson Creek at Rookery Bay provides visitor access to state-owned land representative of habitats found in the 110,000 acre reserve.

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  • A crane puts a portion of a pedestrain bridge in place over Henderson Creek at the Environmental Learning Center at Rookery Bay headquarters off Collier Boulevard.
  • A view looking north as a crane lowers a portion of a pedestrian bridge in place over Henderson Creek at the Environmental Learning Center at Rookery Bay headquarters off Collier Boulevard south of U.S. 41 East.
  • Workers walk on top of a section of a pedestrian bridge as they install it at Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
  • Workers guide a section of a pedestrian bridge into place in July 2009 at Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve headquarters.
  • The pedestrian bridge over Henderson Creek at Rookery Bay provides visitor access to state-owned land representative of habitats found in the 110,000 acre reserve.
  • A pedestrian bridge over Henderson Creek links the second floor of the Environmental Learning Center at Rookery Bay headquarters to state-owned land on the south side of the creek.
  • Work on Rookery Bay's $1.2 million pedestrian bridge was completed in November 2009 after getting under way in 2006 with federal and state grants.

Work finished in November 2009 on a unique pedestrian bridge at Rookery Bay.

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