Santa Cruz County celebrates opening of "Whale Bridge" Hwy 1 Overcrossing

Santa Cruz County celebrates opening of "Whale Bridge" Hwy 1 Overcrossing

Dozens of people in the Santa Cruz area came together Wednesday for a ceremony to celebrate the whale bridge, a newly opened crossing for pedestrians and cyclists over highway 1 in live oak. "The Chanticleer Overcrossing offers a safer, more accessible route for people walking and biking across the highway, and the highway acts as a barrier between communities. But this bridge reconnects those communities," said Sarah Christensen, Executive Dire…