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Pedestrian Bridge - Texas
This beautiful arched bridge in Lake Austin was built by Miro Rivera Architects
and is used to connect the client's main house to the smaller guest house on
the other side of the pond. To make the bridge seem as natural as possible
within its surroundings they made the decking and reed-like hand rails
imperfect but still structurally sound.
Kintaikyo, Iwakuni , Japan
The original Kintai Bridge was built in 1673 but collapsed due to flooding. The
rebuilt bridge survived for more than 200 years until a typhoon destroyed it in
1950. The bridge that stands now over the Nishiki River has five wooden arches
displaying an incredible amount of detail and craftmanship. Interesting fact:
no nails or bolts have been used to build the arches, only clamps and wires.
Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge , Brasilia , Brazil
The JK Bridge in Brasilia is a lesson in elegant bridge design. The three huge
diagonal arches over the deck of the bridge give the structure an amazing
visual fluidity (yeah, but was the designer slightly inebriated when he
designed this structure?).
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Rolling Bridge, London , UK
Thomas heatherwick's award-winning rolling bridge is an ingenious addition to
the grand union canal system in London and is unique. Unlike regular movable
canal bridges, the rolling bridge curls up to form an octagon by way of
hydraulic jacks to let ships pass.
Beipanjiang River Railroad Bridge , Guizhou , China
Beipanjiang River Railroad Bridge in Guizhou is an enormous railway bridge that
was built as part of the 'Guizhou-Shuibai Railway Project'. Connecting two
mountains over a deep ravine, at its highest point the bridge's deck sits 918
ft above the ground. Parenthetically the bridge in connects two of the
country's poorest areas.
Henderson Waves, Southern Ridges, Singapore
' Henderson Waves' is Singapore 's highest pedestrian bridge and is at the
'Southern Ridges,' a beautiful 9 km (six miles) stretch of gardens and parks.
The deck of the bridge is made from thousands of Balau wood slats, perfectly
cut and arranged, and along the length of the deck a snaking, undulating shell
forms sheltered seating areas on every upward curve.
Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge , Southern Highlands Province , Papua New Guinea
This bridge supports two pipelines - one gas, the other oil - across the
extremely deep gap in Papua New Guinea . If this were to be officially
recognized as a vehicular or pedestrian bridge it would rocket to the top of
the 'world's highest bridge-span' with the pipelines at an impressive height of
1,290 ft above the bottom of the gorge. By comparison, the current highest
bridge span belongs to the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado , hanging a mere
1,053 ft above ground level.
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