on july 15, 2016, the pedwest pedestrian crossing and virginia avenue transit center were opened. on the mexican side a temporary, partially enclosed walkway was opened connecting this crossing southeastward to the pedestrian bridge from plaza viva tijuana that heads southwest to downtown tijuana. this walkway was nicknamed ""puente chicanadas"" ("cheap/quick fix bridge") and characterized by some as dangerous, suffocating and embarrassing to mexico. in september 2016, a definitive walkway from plaza viva tijuana costing 25 million pesos (about 1.3 million dollars at the time), was opened.