OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Donors have pledged $150,000 needed to renovate and restore a historic pedestrian bridge in Omaha.

City Councilman Pete Festersen and local resident Nick Manhart announced the donations for the Dodge Street pedestrian bridge Wednesday. Festersen thanked Manhart and his fellow Friends of the Bridge advocates for securing the more than 100 donations.

Combined with $150,000 in city bridge maintenance funds, the donations hit the total of $300,000 needed to finish the project. Construction will be completed as soon as 2017 in time for the green, curvy span’s 50th birthday in 2018.

The bridge connects two local parks and provides a safe passage across Dodge Street for cyclists, walkers and students of the nearby University of Nebraska at Omaha and St. Margaret Mary campuses.