Skydance Bridge

Skydance Bridge in Oklahoma City carries pedestrians over Interstate 40, linking the upper and lower sections of Scissortail Park while serving as a major public artwork. Created through the Crosstown realignment effort approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2002, it emerged from a 2008 design competition inspired by the scissor-tailed flycatcher, Oklahoma’s state bird. Built alongside the new interstate, the bridge opened in 2012 with soaring steel wings, programmable lighting, and a prominent presence on downtown’s southern edge. Despite rising costs that forced design revisions, it became one of the city’s most recognizable civic works and was later honored nationally for public art.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · United States