During phase I, the college built a new pedestrian bridge. The bridge over the CSX/Metro tracks is a crucial element in the Campus expansion. It provides the necessary connection between the existing campus and the new buildings, west of the tracks. The 600 students who use the Health Sciences Center travel frequently to the existing campus, which contains the library, other classroom buildings, food services and the parking garage. Without the bridge, students and faculty would be disconnected from their peers as well as necessary services and facilities.

The bridge begins at the northeast corner of Jesup Blair Park, and then crosses the CSX/WMATA railroad track right-of-way.  A ramp and stairways connected to Fenton Street as part of the first phase of the bridge construction.  At the east side of Fenton Street, the bridge terminates inside the Student Services Center at the second floor level.  The construction of this eastern connection comprised the second phase of the bridge construction and coincided with the construction of Student Services Center.

The Student Services Center is located adjacent to the proposed pedestrian bridge crossing over the CSX/metro tracks allowing students convenient access to Admissions and Records, Assessment and Testing, Career and Educational Planning, Financial Aid, the Cashier, the Dean of Students, the Office fo Student Life, the Office of the Vice President and Provost, the cafeteria and the bookstore.