Martinez quietly debuts pedestrian bridge over train tracks; work continues

A pedestrian overpass at the Amtrak station in Martinez had its long-awaited opening Wednesday, even though one of its two elevators hasn’t yet been cleared for public use, a city official said this week.

Don Salts, Martinez’s deputy public works director, said the 110-foot overpass has been cleared to be opened using the stairways at either end of the structure. The last hurdle to complete opening, he said, is approval to open and use the elevator at the north end of the overpass, across the railroad tracks from the station.