Dyer Street closure rescheduled for demolition of pedestrian bridge by Chapin High School

Update: The demolition of a Dyer Street pedestrian bridge near Chapin High School has been rescheduled for this weekend, officials said.

Dyer Street will be closed starting at 9 p.m. Friday, March 16, to 5 a.m. Monday, March 19, stated an El Paso city news release issued Monday.

The demolition was rescheduled so that a new crosswalk signal can be installed.

Original: Dyer Street will be closed this weekend for the demolition of a pedestrian bridge near Chapin High School.

The longtime bridge over Dyer at Ellerthorpe Avenue will be demolished by the city of El Paso as part of the Sun Metro Brio transit construction project.

The demolition will close Dyer from 6 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday in both directions between Ellerthorpe and Julian Avenue, north of the Chapin campus, a city news release stated.

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The bridge on Fort Bliss property was used decades ago by soldiers training in the Logan Heights area before Chapin was built.

Fort Bliss asked that Sun Metro remove the bridge, which does not meet Americans with Disabilities Act criteria because of its steep incline, as a condition to allow the Brio project on federal land, a city news release stated.

A bridge will be replaced by a signal crosswalk with a safety median, a new bus stop, landscaping, lighting and sidewalks, officials said.

Once finished, the $35.9 million Dyer Brio rapid transit project will run 11 miles from Sun Metro Downtown transit center to the future Northgate Transit Center, officials said.

Information: Sun Metro 212-3333 or visit sunmetro.net

Daniel Borunda may be reached at 546-6102; dborunda@elpasotimes.com; @BorundaDaniel on Twitter.