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A pedestrian bridge costing nearly $19 million — about 24 percent more than the city s annual general fund allocation to the Parks Department of $15 million — will open to the public Thursday, July 1.  Pam Zubeck An iconic pedestrian bridge, as described in the city s City for Champions application for state funds in 2013, will open to the public Thursday, July 1. The nearly $19 million bridge connects America the Beautiful Park, southwest of downtown, with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum and Hall of Fame, 200 S. Sierra Madre St., and a refashioned Vermijo Street. Local dignitaries and the project s architect will speak and then snip the ribbon at 10 a.m. They include Mayor John Suthers; El Paso County Commission Chairman Stan VanderWerf; City Councilor Randy Helms, who chairs the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority (a funder of the bridge); developer Chris Jenkins, who chairs the Southwest Downtown Busines

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