Snake Bridge

First of all, the directions don’t take you to the bridge. It’s about 2 blocks over.
Second, once we found it, we had to walk past a park where a homeless man was urinating in a trash can.
Third, graffiti everywhere
Fourth, 3 teenagers walked by and started whispering when we passed them on the path. That in itself was very uncomfortable.
Lastly, we decided to take a shortcut back to the car and we walked down a path to find out that we walked upon the the homeless bathroom. There was literally human feces everywhere and even on the wall.
I do not suggest this stop. Although it was ever so slightly interesting, the experience as a whole was a tad frightening and definitely not worth the stop.

Its a SNAKE !! Of course I love it

While I can’t give the Bridge a full 5stars, I do appreciate its uniqueness. I run the Aviation Bike Path pretty much every week, so getting across Park/​Euclid/​1^st/​Whatever on the bridge is obligatory.
I suggest one change, though. Repaint the bad boy. It should ‘pop’ a little more.

Rattlesnake bridge has been on my Tucson bucket list since I moved here, 9 years ago.
Finally, I can cross it off. It’s a beautiful eye catching piece of art. This week we checked it out. The bridge is way shorter than it seems. It has that tucson southwestern novelty though.
Great view & fun to walk. There’s a little park not far from the mouth of the bridge.
Parking… If your like me & just wanted to see the bridge. I would park in the del taco parking lot & walk over to the tail of the bridge. The business closest to the bridge is private parking.

Oh Snake Bridge… I get a tear in my eye doing this, but one of your stars has fallen. Don’t worry, it’s not your fault, it’s good old Tucson. Hey, let’s build something and assume it will never need any maintenance. At least that is what I am guessing is their rationale. City of Tucson hear me – bring the Snake Bridge back to its former beauty and give it the repairs it deserves. Whether it leads somewhere useful or not (who says you need a true destination for a fun bicycle outing?!), this is a wonderful little site as you head into town from the east.

I think this bridge is really unique. You go under the tail and it makes a rattling noise. Cute. I usually use this trail at Meet Me at Maynard’s. It gives a nice view of the street and the mouth end leads to a small but nice park on the bohemian neighborhood. Haven’t seen where the other ends goes yet.

I feel some serious $$ was spent building the bridge.
It has a great benefit to cyclists and walkers.
Tucson cyclists are becoming a greater number of people
looking for healthy exercise.
The county has «The Loop» that is awesome and very well
maintained!
The snake bridge on the other hand is not only in need of cosmetic repair,
which understandably the lack of funds control.
But what about normal maintenance and sweeping of the crap we have to
Ride Thur while cycling? ??
Was the city’s planning originally to just build a bridge, spend a ton of money,
and move on to other ways to waste tax payers money? ?
That’s what was accomplished!
Anyone that has tried to ride it knows how littered it is! !!
Maybe we need the county to run the city? ??
«The Loop» is maintained daily and perfectly!
It can be used for its intended purpose! !
The snake bridge budgeting must have been another
«Rio Nuevo» rip off by our elected officials! !
Another Dam waste! !
What’s the next waste of city tax payers $$$.
(let me guess, city pay raises)
(the let me guess, city pay raises)

I really like this bridge! We pass by him or use him one way or another at least a handful of times per week. Sure, it’s falling apart in places. Sure, it’s in a questionable area. But it actually RATTLES when you walk through it! How cool is that?! I wish the city would fix this guy up and take pride in him, cause he really is a great landmark in our city.

I am going to have ride my bike across this bridge! Great to be standing in the middle of the bridge and looking down and out at traffic. Hoping that someone in their car will think «How do you get up there?» And I will respond HA! I did it you Jealous? I have been wanting to check out this bridge in all the 6 years I have lived in Tucson. So it was great treat today!

A cool to look at unique landmark associated with what was the epic fail of downtown revitalization in Tucson that as of late seems to be turning the corner.
Look I realize that this is just a polished turd but its really shiney and a kind of cool polished turd so enjoy it for what it is and give it a gaze as you drive down broadway.

Super great landmark in Tucson!

He looks like a giant worm.
I’m Brian Fellow!

Wonderful waste of taxpayer money. OOH, and you can see pieces of it fall off onto cars going on Broadway to boot!!!

I really wish we had more things like this in Tucson. Not a day trip or a trip of any kind but if you head into downtown on Broadway look for the snake!

Love it when it rattles at you!

It’s nifty, but that’s about it. Poorly located as it’s not really «downtown», but rather serves to mark the boundary between an edge of the downtown area that rarely sees foot traffic and the point at which Broadway achieves its seediest. Don’t make a special trip and don’t bring the kids — it’s not worth it. I give it an extra star for succeeding in providing some extra flavor, but only insofar as it’s a neat thing to drive past. The Broadway underpass mural serves the same purpose and is WAY better.

Gaudy architecture that actually has a bit of fun spazz to it. You can ride your bike across it late at night (avoid walking), you can even piss on it, unless they’ve put cameras up. Oh no.

It only gets better. On Craigslist today there was a post on «strictly platonic» that read the following:
–snip–
Hey any UA guys down to Streak the Snake? — m4m — 420 (Bdwy-​Euclid)
Reply to:
Date: 2008-​08-​12, 10:51AM MST
Hey anyone down for a late-​nite streak over the Diamondback Snake Bridge?
Was there last nite around 3am and it was perfect — they even have the lights turned off.
C’mon, let’s party & live a little — hit me back!
-/​snip–
I would so streak the snake, but that post very clearly excluded chicks and it’s not my place to turn their experimental temporary dude ranch into something they don’t want. I may show up just to see the nakedly platonic parade and hear how many times these guys trigger the rattle.