UW-Madison’s new pedestrian-bicycle path parallel to Campus Drive is impressive for a variety of reasons, none more striking than the array of solar-powered light fixtures installed by Madison Gas & Electric.
Extending from University Bay Drive to a series of sidewalks near the barns on Linden Drive, the 10-foot-wide asphalt ribbon links the university’s agriculture campus to the southeast fringes of Shorewood Hills by way of the VA and UW hospitals. Along the way, peds and cyclists encounter an at-grade crossing of Highland Avenue, and traverses Walnut Street via a new bridge, with a staircase on one side of Walnut and a ramp on the other providing access between the street and the new path.