A badly built bridge in Sacramento that's been barricaded and off-limits to the public for more than a year now has an opening date in sight.

"In a matter of weeks, sometime this fall, we're going to reopen the bridge," Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty said on Thursday.

McCarty said the city's bad bridge that crosses Interstate 5 in the Land Park neighborhood has now been demolished, and a new one is being built in its place.

"This is a big deal to people who are joggers, cyclists, who walk around here with strollers," he said.

Last September, CBS Sacramento uncovered a city inspection report showing the Del Rio Trail bridge was improperly built and the city ordered the contractor, Mountain Methods Incorporated, to tear it down.

"We found that the bridge was constructed with fau

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