Marquardt and Behar worked with community residents to develop designs to enhance the bridges and add trail amenities. The glass mosaics set into the low bridge walls were created from botanical photographs of the area In addition to the mosaics, the artists worked with the project design and construction team to provide shaded viewing balconies and rest areas for bicyclists, hikers and other trail users. They painted the shade structures and bridge railings Palo Verde green, to blend the bridge into the landscape.