01/12/2026
The 30th Street Pedestrian Bridge connecting Barrio Logan and Logan Heights spans the Interstate 5 freeway that ripped the neighborhood in two when it was built decades ago. Until recently, the bridge was surrounded by deteriorating chain link caging and was not much more than a large slab of concrete that was poorly maintained.
That is until it was included along with four other pedestrian bridges across San Diego County in a $8.6 million Caltrans project. In the last year the 30th Street bridge has received the maintenance it needed — and undergone an artistic transformation.
Marisa Aguayo, the executive director of All of Logan, a non-profit organization that serves Barrio Logan through art and elevating local business, said they were approached about a year ago by the Environmental Health Coalition and Caltrans to find local artists.
All for Logan organized a search for community artists and conducted a contest to design a mural that would span across the bridge.
Brisk One, an abstract fine artist with roots in murals and graffiti, had the winning design.
It’s a long serpent, inspired in part by designs on the pyramid of feathered serpents at Xochicalco, that spans the bridge, bringing color to a structure that once had only industrial grey.
Brisk didn’t paint the bridge — Caltrans contracted a group to do it — but he said he stopped by every day they worked on it. The entirety of the pedestrian bridge is covered in his design. It’s the largest mural he’s ever designed.
“Kids that cross that bridge to go to school everyday, can see that as part of their upbringing. You know, hop on the little diamondbacks and shapes and play hopscotch, and maybe it gives them a burst of color in a place that did have much color. I’d really like this to be one of many to come,” he said.
📝: Tessa Balc
📸: Courtesy of Marisa Aguayo
Read the story here: https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2026/01/09/freeway-bridge-mural-barrio-logan-heights-art/
