Here's what the Jaipur Bridge replacement might look like

You know that pedestrian bridge that connects Eau Claire with Prince's Island Park? Well, she's 51 now and the city says she ain't what she used to be.

So they're bringing in a younger, fresher version of the Jaipur Bridge and they've just released a couple of artist conceptions of what thatfresh young thing could look like.

"It's not complete," Katherine Hikita cautions, in an interview withCBC News.

"We are still doing detailed design and developing more the human scale factors, the railings, the deck."

Hikita is the project manager and a senior structural engineer with the city. She says this version ticked all the boxes out of available choices.

"We shortlisted four types of bridge, using standards like meeting guidelines, accessibility and flood resiliency. This bridge also needs to be able to carry a fire truck. We are trying to minimize resident and business impact by limiting construction seasons," Hikita said.

"We ranked all the options and this one was on top."

A price tag of $9.6 million includes this full replacement and making another Prince's Island bridge the Second Street bridge more flood resilient.

"This bridge type has been done before. Some of the other bridges could take much longer," she said regarding the other options considered.

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While there's an open house on Oct. 5 for public viewing and questions, it would take a great deal for the city to change course, because this project is integrated time-wise with many other construction projects around the city.

The design stage is in progress, then the city asks who wants to build it and for how much (a request for proposal), and construction is set to start next year.