After a month-long closure, Santa Barbara County Public Works staff have built a temporary bridge to reconnect the Maria Ygnacio bike path under the U.S. 101 freeway in Goleta.
Hundreds of resident pedestrians and bicyclists rely on this route to get to where they’re going daily. But beginning in February, they would be stopped at a section between Calle Real and Lassen Drive by barriers and closure notices. This section’s prolonged closure led to passive-aggressive sticky notes posted on signs and complaints online.
The new, temporary bridge — which opened on Wednesday — crosses over a small section of Maria Ygnacio Creek and reunites the pathway with the U.S. 101 undercrossing after the section was closed on February 26 due to storm damage.