pedestrian bridges
 

Is there already a thread just for cool pedestrian bridges? (does there need to be one?)

here's a new double-helix bridge in Singapore:
http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blog...ridge-ed01.jpg http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blog...ridge-ed02.jpg

http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blog...y-Bridge-2.jpg http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blog...y-Bridge-4.jpg
http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/23/worl...-in-singapore/

sperling overpass in the vancouver area:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3307/...776aaf05_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebuzzer/3614711131/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/...f6a14714_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waferboard/3715472788/

peace bridge in calgary:
http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...e20calgary.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...ry20bridge.jpg
http://www.archdaily.com/32134/peace...ago-calatrava/

Pfluger Bridge in Austin, TX...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2015/...c819e7f4_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8118888@N03/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/...0006d8ed_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zug55/

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8...961editjq5.jpg
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=146800

http://www.statesman.com/multimedia/...tr_127502c.jpg
http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/...-a-151580.html

47th Street Pedestrian Bridge, Chicago

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/68/16...26b4a6d041.jpg
wselman

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1070/...1b3a657e52.jpg
nautical2k

Old Plank Road Bridge, Frankfort, IL

http://www.teng.com/tengWS2009/images/oldplank2.jpg
Teng

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/7402/plank4.jpg
Teng

Wow, I don't mean to be a douche but that Austin bridge is awful.

Pedestrian Bridge over Disneyland Drive in Anaheim, California
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/41...5e199136_o.jpg

Hungerford Pedestrian Bridges (a Golden Jubilee Bridges - both alongside the Hungerford Railway Bridge)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3559/...612a722b_o.jpg
Source: Katarina 2353 @ Flickr


Millennium Bridge
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3358/...9ae51aed_b.jpg
Source: Nickin exsilio @ Flickr


Green Mile Park Bridge (carries the park over a dual carriageway)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/106/3...bdf10bba_b.jpg
Source: unexpected bacon @ Flickr


Royal Victoria Dock Bridge
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/346...afdca22c_b.jpg
Source: darquati @ Flickr


West India Quay Floating Bridge
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2350/...30844670_b.jpg
Source: notcub @ Flickr


Heron Quay Bridge
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/...c68dbe3a_b.jpg
Source: Jan Lykke @ Flickr


Paddington Scorpion Bridge (folds right up into a hexagon-shape)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/24...656896d4_b.jpg
Source: Colin Bridger @ Flickr

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Calgary's other new forthcoming pedestrian bridge. The St. Patrick's Island Bridge:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/RFR.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...hwhit/RFR2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...hwhit/RFR3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...hwhit/RFR4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...hwhit/RFR6.jpg

All from here.

The landing in the middle is the namesake St. Patrick's Island.

This design was chosen in a design competition that had 33 entries, 3 were shortlisted. The renderings above are preliminary, and there will be a more detailed design forthcoming. Construciton will tentatively start in spring 2011.

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Here's a video of the Peace Bridge (from the first post of this thread) that was released by Santiago Calatrava and the City of Calgary:

• Video Link

Construction began a couple months ago, and it will be completed by fall 2010.

The St. Patrick's Island Bridge is really nice

This pic looks very "China" to me. And yes, the bridge is a unfortunately a bit grotesque.

http://www.discoverohiopyle.com/imag...g_Ohiopyle.JPG
Source

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...pylebridge.jpg
Source

Rail-trail bridges across the Youghiogheny River, Ohiopyle, PA. Really spectacular stuff.

Relevant thread on SSC:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=362009

Millennium Bridge, London

http://images.travelpod.com/users/jc...ium-bridge.jpg http://www.photos-of-london.com/mill...ridge-2005.jpg
http://images.travelpod.com/users/jcharwell, www.photos-of-london.com
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...d_St_Pauls.JPG
www.wikimedia.org
http://www.freefoto.com/images/31/54...ngland_web.jpg
www.freefoto.com

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1370690.jpg
CTPAHHbIu, www.panoramio.com

South Coast Plaza pedestrian bridge, Orange County, California
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/...36ce6c165f.jpg

Millennium Park pedestrian bridge, Chicago
http://www.bostonmuseum.org/images/p...chicago800.jpg

Sundial pedestrian bridge, Redding California
http://www.bostonmuseum.org/images/p...sundial800.jpg

Museum of Flight pedestrian bridge, Seattle
http://www.bostonmuseum.org/images/p...fflight800.jpg

Henderson Waves pedestrian bridge, Singapore
http://www.bostonmuseum.org/images/p.../henderson.jpg

Millennium Bridge, London
http://www.bostonmuseum.org/images/p.../london800.jpg

Ponte della Costituzione, Venice
http://www.bostonmuseum.org/images/p.../venice800.jpg

Bridge Pavilion, Zaragoza, Spain
http://www.bostonmuseum.org/images/p...aragoza800.jpg

Zubizuri Bridge, Bilbao, Spain
http://www.bostonmuseum.org/images/p...ravabilbao.jpg

Gateshead Millennium Bridge, UK
http://www.bostonmuseum.org/images/p...teshead800.jpg

Borneo-Sporenburg Brige, Amsterdam
http://www.bostonmuseum.org/images/p...ges/borneo.jpg

Kurilpa Bridge, Brisbane
http://www.bostonmuseum.org/images/p...es/kurilpa.jpg

Petronas Bridge, Kuala Lumpur
http://kenmac.me.uk/assets/images/Jo...s%20Towers.jpg

Rialto Bridge, Venice
http://www.bostonmuseum.org/images/p.../rialto800.jpg

Ponte Vecchioe, Florence
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2016/...397d353ca7.jpg

Yeah, it's pretty nondescript I know. It gets the job done though. I like that it's open air and doesn't have a cover over it or a bunch of wires or poles obstructing the view. It sits right beside and south of downtown, and then to the west are the hills. It's pretty low on style, but I do like it for the other reasons I mentioned. The City is actually in the process right now of expanding it across Cesar Chavez Street just to the north of it. In the photo below, the right (west) arm of the bridge will expand over the spiral walkway and over the street connecting it to 2nd Street. That whole area of downtown is being developed with thousands of residential units.

Pfluger pedestrian bridge to be extended
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/...ed-179945.html

http://www.statesman.com/multimedia/...tr_127502c.jpg
http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/...-a-151580.html

Here's a model showing a nearby residential project. The taller tower is now planned to be office space. The shorter one is already complete and is apartments. You can see the completed bridge expansion crossing Cesar Chavez up to 2nd Street just south of the residential project.
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2...sparkplaza.jpg

It does look very "China". That photo was taken in the morning since the sun is rising. Also the morning fog makes it look like smog. Even the trees look like something you'd see in China. The one on the right is actually a Mesquite tree, which is indigenous to Texas.

It would indeed look far better with that "ramp stub" extended across the street. Right now, it just looks odd.

Can't find a good picture, but there is a recent pedestrian bridge connecting both sides of Detroit's Mexicantown that spans I-75 on the city's southwest side:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/...69f2327a_b.jpg
Eridony

maybe it wasn't such a bad idea to start this thread. there are some cool footbridges out there. here's a rendering of another one:

http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...1-1000x540.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...1-1000x540.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...2-1000x628.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/55957/footb...farzin-studio/

That last one is stunning! I really hope it turns out like the renderings. It appears as if it's just hovering on the surface of the water. And the stairs down to the waters edge is genius.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e_of_Sighs.jpg

Bridge of Sighs, Venice
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e_of_Sighs.jpg

I know it's already been posted, but I love the millenium bridge in London (my pictures).

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_c4WshzEPoNs/Sq...Y/s720/147.JPG

Ignore the people in this picture. I don't know who they are, they just got in the way of the picture and I didn't realize it until later in the day :(

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_c4WshzEPoNs/Sq...4/s720/148.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_c4WshzEPoNs/Sq...w/s576/152.JPG

And a couple of cool pedestrian bridges across the 60 in Phoenix. These are from google maps (obviously), but I ride my bike across them pretty regularly, I'll get some real pictures next time.

College and the 60

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_F7-PLjahv0Y/S9...76/Capture.JPG

Country Club and the 60. My fiance and I call this the DNA bridge :D

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_F7-PLjahv0Y/S9...0/capture1.JPG

Denver's 16th Street Pedestrian Mall has been extended over the last decade, past Union Station, over the Consolidated Mainline Railroad tracks to the Central Platte Valley (with Millennium Bridge). Then over the South Platte River (with the Platte River Bridge) and finally over I-25 to the Highlands neighborhood (with the The Highland Bridge). This series of three pedestrian bridges all contribute significantly to the architecture and connectivity of the area:

Millennium Bridge:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehou...=1202487639000

http://www.denversrestaurants.info/w...28-435x580.jpg
Source: http://www.denversrestaurants.info/p...er-CO/DSCF7928

http://www.denverinfill.com/images/s...t_mall-021.jpg

The actual bridge deck:
http://www.denverinfill.com/images/s...t_mall-008.jpg

http://www.denverinfill.com/images/s...t_mall-003.jpg

http://www.denverinfill.com/images/r...illennium3.jpg
Source (previous 4 photos): http://www.denverinfill.com/subpages...treet_mall.htm


Platte River Bridge:
http://www.denverinfill.com/images/r...te_bridge1.jpg

http://www.denverinfill.com/images/r...te_bridge2.jpg

http://www.denverinfill.com/images/r...te_bridge3.jpg

http://www.denverinfill.com/images/r...te_bridge4.jpg
Source (previous 4 photos): http://www.denverinfill.com/subpages...treet_mall.htm


Highland Bridge:
http://www.denverinfill.com/images/r...nd_bridge5.jpg
Source: http://www.denverinfill.com/subpages...treet_mall.htm

I don't currently have my own pics available to post, but the Rattlesnake Bridge in Tucson is pretty cool. Here is a website with some pics ( I will post a quick link instead of posting this fellow's pics)

http://joeorman.shutterace.com/Bizar...ttlesnake.html

The Three Countries Bridge seems like a pretty good deal at $10m euros.

http://bauwiki.tugraz.at/pub/Sandbox...l_am_Rhein.jpg

The Bob Kerry Pedestrian bridge in Omaha, 2224 feet long!

http://www.gcpvd.org/wp-content/uplo...rey-bridge.jpg

Ponte degli Scalzi ;)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/93/22...7d7e5e0f_o.jpg
pickromica

Three pedestrian bridges link downtown Denver, Colorado with the Highland neighborhood. This photo was taken from the east end of the Highland Bridge, spanning I-25. In the mid-ground is the Platte River Bridge and Commons Park, and in the background is the Denver Millennium Bridge which crosses the railroad tracks and empties onto the 16th Street Mall.

http://www.bruceq.com/galleries/photo_38_1344.jpg

more photos of the Denver Millennium Bridge...

[edit] and now I see I've been scooped by Snyderbock. :)

No, perfect BruceQ, that's a nice shot!^

I'm not sure if these count as cool bridges, but I thought it was a cool lifestyle that pedestrian bridges are necessarily a part of. South of Bangkok, right on the coast of the Gulf of Siam is a community called Bang Khuntein. There are no roads for automobiles in Bang Khuntien, everything is moved by boat along the canals or along the pedestrian paths. The bridges aren't particularly ornate, but I think they count as cool anyway because they are the only way to move through the area without a boat. At some of the canal intersections there is a bridge across each of the 4 directions, like crosswalks at a road intersection. (My pictures)

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_c4WshzEPoNs/SG...E/s640/001.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_c4WshzEPoNs/SG...g/s640/004.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_c4WshzEPoNs/SG...o/s576/087.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_c4WshzEPoNs/SG...0/s640/086.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_c4WshzEPoNs/SG...g/s640/140.JPG

Ok, the last one has nothing to do with pedestrian bridges, I just found it amusing that they left the old power poles there when they replaced them :)

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_c4WshzEPoNs/SG...g/s640/100.JPG

In Salt Lake, the Eccles Olympic legacy bridge connects student housing and the Fort Douglas area to the rest of the U of Utah campus. I've always thought it was pretty neat, but after seeing the rest of the stuff you guys have posted, its not that outstanding looking in comparison. Here it is anyway:

http://i39.tinypic.com/nywj80.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/x1zfys.jpg

This bridge is awesome. The best part is crossing the state line into Iowa. I called friends, asking 'Hey guess where I'm at?'

:tup:

Wards Island Bridge (East River, NYC) aka 103rd Street Footbridge (1951) connects East Harlem to Wards Island.

http://wirednewyork.com/bridges/ward...ge_15feb04.jpg
wirednewyork
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%2...and.bridge.jpg
forgottenny
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%2...a/38.wards.jpg
forgottenny

@ U of limerick, the longest pedestrian bridge in Ireland:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/...eee509fe_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/climberhunt/2366212593/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3283/...aa790e1c_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21105894@N07/2895703366/

Boise has some good looking pedestrian bridges.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2423/...146a4942a9.jpg
http://www.tags-search.com/boise-greenbelt/tag.html

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/3...65cd427dd1.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boise/330352988/

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/med...urt-bridge.jpg
http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationP...ise_Idaho.html

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/med...son-bridge.jpg
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ReviewPho...ise_Idaho.html

Two of the nicer pedestrian bridges are old converted railroad relics right downtown.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...boise_2009.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...boise_2009.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F07iqvPbMZ...eet+bridge.jpg
http://www.boisedailyphoto.com/2009_12_01_archive.html

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_neyNqw4k8k...0/100_0930.JPG
http://boisesnapshots.blogspot.com/2...1_archive.html

http://image3.examiner.com/images/bl...UFyGvPM(1).jpg
http://www.examiner.com/x-19310-Bois...dden-urban-gem

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/201...itecture-2.jpg http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/201...itecture-6.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/201...itecture-3.jpg http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/201...itecture-5.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/201...itecture-1.jpg http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/201...itecture-7.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/06/27/nan...-architecture/

esplinade riel
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3565/...2f092db6_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/...01823577_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/...d78c7195_o.jpg

vancouver lacks grand pedestrian bridges - we have some smaller ones that are off to the side or in parks kinda stuff...

like this one at the olympic village
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/4419/dsc08978.jpg

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3411/dsc08977n.jpg

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8999/dsc08986j.jpg

http://www.trift.ch/bilder/titel/bruecke3.jpg

http://www.trift.ch/bruecke2009/trif...w/_D3X9696.jpg
Another pedestrian bridge: Trift Bridge, Switzerland.

Photos courtesy Trift.ch. http://www.trift.ch/ "The reproduction of the material or parts thereof, in any written or electronic form is permitted only with explicit mention of trift.ch"

i couldn't cross that - i can barely cross the lynn valley suspension bridge here

Chicago -
 

Little Rock's Big Dam bridge:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...m_Bridge_2.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/...d2a6089a89.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e_at_Night.jpg

http://blog.pharoscontrols.com/wp-co...ray-bridge.jpg

It's not exactly an architectural marvel, but it's apparently the longest purpose-built pedestrian bridge in N. America. It was constructed over an existing dam on the Arkansas River and lights up and night. We walked across it while visiting family in AR a few years back and it was a pretty cool experience.

There is also an old railroad bridge next to the Clinton Library that was recently converted to a pedestrian bridge:

http://www.acc-tv.com/images/katv/bl...r_title(1).jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...a-1000x547.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...s-1000x698.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...s-1000x678.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/85604/can-g...-alfa-polaris/

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...1t:429,r:6,s:0
Point Bonita lighthouse suspension bridge in the Marin Headlands.

Fixed that for ya.;) Interesting bridge.

And one more: The Winooski River Bridge on the Burlington Waterfront Bikepath.

http://burlingtonvt.org/photo-galler...p_image001.jpg
http://burlingtonvt.org/recreation-a...ail-trail.html

We need someone to post some photos of the "Purple People Pedestrian Bridge" in Cincinnati, along with the fantastic curved suspension pedestrian bridge in Greenville, SC!

Aaron (Glowrock)

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/...5549846-08.jpg

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/...5549926-38.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/105320/pede...g-arquitectos/

The Old Salem Timber Pedestrian Bridge in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Built through a partnership between Old Salem, the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the City of Winston-Salem. The bridge reflects the unique culture and historic character of Winston-Salem. The award winning bridge is a 120-foot modified Burr-arch truss bridge designed by David Fischetti and built using skilled craftsmen utilizing 19th century building techniques. The timbers used are reclaimed from a demolished fertilizer plant in Chesapeake, the 1886 Champion Paper Mill in Canton and 260 year-old timbers pulled from the cotton docks of Savannah Harbor. A Burr-arch truss was a bridge Moravian settlers would have built in the early 1800s as Winston-Salem grew. Burr-arch trussed bridges were built near other Moravian cities in Pennsylvania. Theodore Burr (1771-1822) obtained a patent for this bridge style in 1817. The first Burr-arch bridge was built across the Hudson River in New York in 1804. The Old Salem Timber Pedestrian Bridge was built in December 1998 at a cost of $1,950,910.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3456/...d90_z.jpg?zz=1
Source

It connects a visitor center designed by architect Robert Venturi to the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts and the Old Salem National Landmark District (Winston-Salem's lower downtown), developed in the mid-1700s. The steps and ramps connect to the Winston-Salem Pedestrian Walkway System of bike and walking paths on the Visitor's Center side.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/14...a3a_z.jpg?zz=1
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Lights inside the bridge.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3455/...e0d7d0b8_b.jpg
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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1005/...f7b49972_b.jpg
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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5084/...5234847b_b.jpg
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Other fun pedestrian bridges in Winston-Salem:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/...8a6_z.jpg?zz=1
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Lake Kathryn Waterfall Bridge, designed by architect Charles Barton Keen and built in 1914 (National Register of Historic Places)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/...620_z.jpg?zz=1
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Salem Waterway Bridge at the Gateway YWCA (A 2007 construction photo)

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/...5-1000x666.jpg

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/...5-1000x685.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/116262/frei...n-bridge-bnim/

I've been on that bridge... it's railfan central, packed with balding bespectacled men carrying huge cameras.

It's a cool bridge, and I love the re-use of an older structure, but the fact that one end is in a private building is a point against it, since you can't use the bridge outside of Union Station's operating hours.

Two more nice ones in the greater Phoenix area:

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/6...ridgeangle.jpg

The peaks mimic the Phoenix mountains in the distance.

This small pedestrian bridge over a canal in downtown Scottsdale. It was designed by the legendary (and loony) Palao Soleri:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5208/...435f55170d.jpg

http://www.azcentral.com/i/F/0/C/PHP4D069FAE2FC0F.jpg

Its also a sun dial.