Yehudit pedestrian Bridge in Tel Aviv opens today and connect the Ayalon and the western and eastern parts of the city

Yehudit  Bridge, which also became the quarrel bridge between former Minister of Transport Israel Katz and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai opens today and connect the two Ayalon banks and the western and eastern parts of Tel Aviv. The pedestrians?
Its length is 110 meters from end to end and 11 meters wide, and its construction was approved as early as 2010, as a single crossing between the Montefiore neighborhood in the west and Yitzrun in the east. Construction cost NIS 68 million, most of them financed by the Tel Aviv municipality. It connects between Yigal Alon Street and Judith Boulevard in the Montefiore neighborhood, near which the light rail station is excavated - so that the bridge will serve a greater number of pedestrians as it begins to operate the Red Line. The purpose of the bridge is first and foremost to allow crossing over Ayalon lanes more safely and easily, and for this purpose, a pedestrian path and a path for two-wheeled tool riders have been paved.
The Tel Aviv municipality hopes that after the light rail will start working alongside the bridge, fewer people will reach the developing employment area by private vehicles. "The bridge has dramatic significance," says Ophir Cohen, director of the Tel Aviv Transportation Authority. "Unfortunately, the city is fragmented by the Ayalon Strip, and this connection is one of the levers to improve its mobility."
Ayalon's CEO, Itamar Ben Meir, argues that "a Jewish bridge creates alternatives for private vehicles to ease road congestion." This is the first bridge designed for pedestrians and cyclists. " Sufficient priority or lanes for pedestrians on all bridges. The Tenth Bridge, the Jewish Bridge, produces a passage solely for soft movements, and will use it for thousands a day. "
However, the new bridge is also not free of failures. If you look at it from above you can see how close it is to the Peace Train Station where some 60,000 passengers pass a day, but there is no connection between the two. Those who want to get to the station must pass through the busy Peace Junction.