The Gray’s Station bridge lit up at night. The pedestrian bridge over the Raccoon River connects Gray’s Lake with the Gray’s Station development. Photo by Hubbell Realty Co.

A ribbon-cutting and grand opening of the pedestrian bridge and trail that connects downtown Des Moines to Gray’s Lake will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the bridge.

The $3.8 million bridge over the Raccoon River is part of Hubbell Realty Co.’s Gray’s Station development just south of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway between Southwest 11th and Southwest 16th streets. 

Des Moines-based Jensen Construction Co., which specializes in bridge construction, built the trusses and worked with Hubbell to build the bridge, which is lit at night. The four trusses that make up the 12-foot-wide bridge range in weight from 64,000 to 122,000 pounds.

The ribbon-cutting, which is free and open to the public, begins at 3 p.m. The lights on the bridge will go on at about 4 p.m.

Parking is available along Southwest 11th Street near the trail or at the Gray’s Lake beach parking lot. To RSVP, click here.