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Fox Point Footbridge

The Village of Fox Point retained Ayres to evaluate alternatives for the Bridge Lane Ravine Footbridge and provide necessary design work. Services involved preparing preliminary designs and cost estimates for each of the three alternatives: repair/rehabilitation, replacement, and removal of the bridge. Replacement was chosen as the preferred solution. The project won a 2015 Public… Read More »

Friendship State Trail

As part of the nationwide effort to expand outdoor recreational opportunities, Ayres has completed designs for about 200 miles of bicycle and pedestrian trails, and our structural engineers have designed more than 20 bridges, underpasses, and tunnels for recreational trail projects. One of the most successful projects is the Friendship State Trail in eastern Wisconsin.… Read More »

Smokey Falls Pedestrian Bridge

Ayres worked with the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin on the replacement of a two-span steel girder pedestrian bridge, from design through construction observation. The new bridge is an 85-foot-long single-span prefabricated bridge with a clear walkway width of 12 feet on concrete abutments. Ayres also provided designs for a 180-foot-long boardwalk leading to a… Read More »