Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge

{{Short description|Bridge in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.}}

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| bridge_name = Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge

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| image =File:Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge.jpg

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| alt =Daytime image of Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge, viewed from the river.

| caption =Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge, viewed from the river.

| official_name = Willie Knickerbocker Bridge

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| carries = bicycle and pedestrian traffic, water main

| crosses = Willamette River

| locale = Eugene, Oregon

| owner = EWEB

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| architect = OBEC Consulting Engineers

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| material = concrete

| length = {{convert | 523 | ft | m | abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert | 14 | ft | m | abbr=on}}

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| spans = 5

| pierswater = 3

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| begin = 1978

| complete = 1980

| cost = $440,000

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| inaugurated = September 27, 1980

| toll = none

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| coordinates = {{coord | 44.0453 | -123.0522 | type:landmark_region:US-OR_source:googlemapssatellite_dim:160 | display=inline,title}}

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Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge (officially the Willie Knickerbocker Bridge) is a bridge across the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The bridge was dedicated in 1980.{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19800928&id=VPJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6eEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6742,7639141|title=Bicycle bridge dedicated: Speaker notes span was born of cooperation|accessdate=September 23, 2013|date=September 28, 1980|work=Eugene Register-Guard}}

The bridge was originally constructed to carry a Eugene Water & Electric Board water main for $330,000. The city and county added the bridge deck, rails, and approaches for $110,000.{{cite web

| url = http://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10826

| title = Bicycles in Cities: The Eugene Experience

| publisher = Bikeways Oregon

| location = Eugene, Oregon

| year = 1981

| pages = 10–12

| accessdate = September 23, 2013

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The bridge is named for Willie Knickerbocker (1868–1960), "The Father of Bicycling in Eugene".