Completion Date: 1995 Artist: Lloyd Hamrol Location: 7th Ave. between Bell Road and Grovers Ave.
The
artist participated on a design team with Hoffman-Miller
Engineers (structural), AmWest Engineering (civil),
and Jim Wheat and Associates (landscape designers)
for the design of a recreational trail along the
Cave Creek Wash, under the 7th Ave. Bridge. The
artist also designed the barrier railings atop
the bridge, and fabricated special pre-cast inserts
for its structural columns. The design features
natural desert xeriscape, and architectural gabion
baskets used as retaining walls.