Mulberry bridge to get $12 million upgrade

The Colorado Department of Transportation will spend $12 million in the coming months to raise a bridge near Mulberry Street and Lemay Avenue to accommodate floodplain clearances.

The bridge will also be widened to include a bike lane and sidewalks.

The work is part of CDOT’s Bridge Enterprise Project, which every year funds the improvements of bridges across the state.

The work will take place on Mulberry Street between Lemay and Riverside avenues where Mulberry crosses the Poudre River. The bridge is about one-third of a mile long, according to Rich Christy, CDOT project manager for the bridge upgrade.

The bridge was first…