PORT ANGELES — The city will move toward completing its final design of the new Eighth Street bridges after the City Council on Tuesday approved a proposed “streetscape.”

The streetscape, or aesthetic features of the bridges, include 17-foot-tall light poles along the length of each bridge, widened pedestrian viewpoints, railings about 5½ feet high, decorative paving, indirect LED lighting, and bike lanes in both directions.

The approved streetscape, recommended by Public Works Director Glenn Cutler, would cost $973,000 for both bridges, which will span Valley and Tumwater creeks.

Of that amount, the state Department of Transportation will pay about $579,000 and the city will pay the remaining $394,000.

The city’s portion may come from the capital facilities general fund reserve budget, though it hasn’t yet been decided, Cutler said.

The city plans to replace the two aging, trestle-like Eighth Street bridges with two steel slant-leg spans.

The estimated project cost is approximately $10 million per bridge, with almost all of it paid for with state and federal funds.