Wobbly stairs cause concern on Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A seemingly unstable staircase in downtown San Diego is causing concern, especially as thousands of people are getting ready to attend Comic Con.

“I was in air and caught myself, but I was bailing hard," Lee Johnston Jr. said. He is visiting San Diego from Colorado for a work conference and said he almost fell down the stairs along the Harbor Street Pedestrian Bridge.

It's a common bridge and staircase that connects people from the south side of Harbor Drive near the Hilton Bayfront Hotel to the north side of Harbor Drive, near Petco Park.

“A couple days ago I got here for the conference went for a walk and I was coming down these stairs and I caught myself but I had tripped hard," Johnston Jr. said. “The next day it happened again.”

After further inspection, he noticed several cracks, wobbly stairs and uneven stairs that have seemingly detached.

“I actually detected that one of the stairs was wobbly and that it was also off set back, so if you were stepping at a normal cadence then you were actually missing the step because it was offset," Johnston Jr. added.

Thousands of people use the bridge and staircase daily, from tourists to locals.