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Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard
At the exact spot that divides Eugene and Springfield, high above the traffic humming north and south below on Interstate 5, bicyclists and pedestrians of both cities can now cross back and forth on a piece of concrete and steel that cost the same amount - $2.5 million - as it did to build Autzen Stadium.
Of course, those were 1967 dollars.
And why try to put a damper on the first-ever bicycle-pedestrian bridge to span I-5 in Oregon?
