PHOTOS - Second pedestrian bridge spanning Buena Vista Drive now in place at Disney Springs

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Second Buena Vista Drive pedestrian bridge construction

Posted: Tuesday May 12, 2015 9:13am EDT by WDWMAGIC Staff

The second of two new pedestrian bridges that span Buena Vista Drive alongside Disney Springs is now in position.

Disney Springs pedestrian bridge

This new bridge is comprised of three sections, which begins just outside Once Upon A Toy in the Marketplace, and then crosses Buena Vista Drive, and then a third span crosses Hotel Plaza Blvd.

Disney Springs pedestrian bridge

So far, two of the three sections are in place, with a third to be added next week.

Once complete, the bridge will provide pedestrian access for cast and guest on either side of Buena Vista Drive and Hotel Plaza Blvd. For those of you not familiar with this area, it is the intersection near to the Marketplace bus stop area.

The first pedestrian bridge near to Team Disney is still under construction for opening later in the summer.

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nelsonj3May 22, 2016

Here is a quick video that I took this morning showing the new bus lanes and the construction progress on Buena Vista Drive as of today. You can see a WDW Bus driving in the bus lanes doing some training.

Rob562Mar 24, 2016

I think there's a taxi/drop-off area in the plans between the orange garage and the bus loops. -Rob

djkidkazMar 13, 2016

This.

matt9112Mar 10, 2016

Really? In Boston I use the bus lanes as passing lanes :)

QMar 09, 2016

Is it possible that the current bus loop will become a new taxi/drop-off area?

halltdMar 09, 2016

We've had this discussion many times. Look at the overal new site plan and this is almost definitely just a service road for deliveries and trash...like exists between AMC and the orange garage now.

DisneyJeffMar 08, 2016

If it is going to be one way, then I think this would be the entrance, not the exit. The busses would drive past SSR and pull in the way they do now. But instead of stopping, they would continue to the new bus area. They would exit on to BVB on the other side of Disney Springs to return to the resorts.

danlb_2000Mar 08, 2016

If this is part of the bus lane, then they must be keeping the marketplace bus stop.

JUFL2019Mar 08, 2016

I'm starting to think the the dedicated bus lanes will be one way and this will be their exit

danlb_2000Mar 08, 2016

That road is here. Where is this going to eventually go to?

WDWtravelerMar 08, 2016

Photo update as of Tuesday, March 8. Roadwork is progressing on the Disney bus-only lanes under the pedestrian overpass at the intersection of Buena Visa Drive and Hotel Plaza Blvd.

dstrawn9889Feb 12, 2016

the graphics on them now are old lane markings used during construction... they haven't been topcoated yet

TimeTripFeb 12, 2016

Interesting, I figured those lanes would be bi-directional rather than one-way. Does anyone know what direction they'll allow for the busses? It looks like it might just be eastbound only.

LieutLawwFeb 12, 2016

Not really, they are only used on bus lanes and are lowered by a sensor inside the buses, the people hitting them are trying to use the lane illegally