The Skydance Bridge will grace Oklahoma City's skyline next month. The steel parts of the bridge's sculpture elements, which will resemble Oklahoma's state bird, have been completed.
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BY MICHAEL KIMBALL Staff Writer
mkimball@opubco.com
Published: November 23, 2011
The Skydance Bridge soon will begin to rise in the Oklahoma City's skyline.
The huge steel components that will form the bridge have been completed, and by Dec. 8 the sculpture that evokes Oklahoma's state bird will be in place, city Public Works Director Eric Wenger told the city council Tuesday.
City leaders say they hope it will become one of central Oklahoma's defining structures.
The steel was manufactured by the local company W&W Steel.
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