The new Kimball Street bridge won’t be fancy. It’ll be a simple, traditional design with numerous improvements that’ll make motorists happy.

Residents had a chance to review the design during a recent public information meeting on the $34.8 million bridge replacement project.

“We looked at a lot of alternative designs, non-traditional bridges for what you see in this area. We did this not necessarily expecting we would build a landmark bridge or signature bridge, but we wanted to explore it,” said Mike Pubentz, public services director, who was on hand to answer questions at the meeting.

Some of the alternative designs didn’t fit the area or were expensive, Pubentz said.

“What you’ll see is what you call a traditional bridge. A girder bridge on piers with a concrete bridge deck on top,

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