Foot Bridges

[superskyline]

So, what are the foot bridges of the world?

In my town, Waterville, Maine, US, we have a historic suspension footbridge that crosses the Kennebec River. Built in 1903
Here are some pictures I took...






I know there are some more modern ones out there too along with the historic ones, so lets see them!

[Manila-X]

Some HK footbridges

[hkskyline]

[crossbowman]

Gateshead Millennium Bridge ,UK
A tilting bridge for pedestrians and cyclists

[crossbowman]

London's Millennium Bridge

[hkskyline]

Here's another pedestrian bridge in Canary Wharf, London :

[superskyline]

Here is an interesting one in Fredricton, New Brunswick, Canada. It was an old train bridge that crossed the Saint John River, but in 1997 was converted to a walking bridge.









I believe it is the longest walking bridge

[Scruffy88]

That gateshead bridge is the coolest pedestrian bridge in the world

Here are some NYC bridges.






One of the temporary WTC site ped. bridges










As a city, all our major crossings were bridged before cable stayed bridges became popular. So the only ones that exist here are ped. bridges
Over West Side Highway






By the FDR Drive over on the East Side of Manhattan






And the coolest pedestrian bridge we have crosses the Harlem River from Manhattan to Ward's Island. Its a lift bridge with a pretty major span. pretty cool.

[SE9]

London - Hungerford Footbridges:

[mr_storms]

hunderford is awesome...checked it out while I was there. A great addition and gives views of eye+parlaiment on one side all st. pauls+city on the other

[Davis]

Charles Bridge in Prague.

[crossbowman]

Esplanade Riel-Winnipeg-Canada



Katehaki Bridge-Athens-Greece



Andreevsky Bridge-Moscow-Russia (Pushkinsky Bridge)



Bogdan Khmelnitsky Bridge-Moscow-Russia



Shelby Street Bridge-Tennessee

[odegaard]

Amgen's Helix bridge in Seattle. It's suppose to represent a DNA strand, hence the odd design.

The first thing people usually say when they see this bridge is, "Wow the city of Seattle must have a lot of money to build bridges like this."

In reality it was paid for by Amgen, a biotech company. I guess somebody in the marketing department at Amgen thought making a bridge shaped like a DNA strand would make for good advertising.

[I-275westcoastfl]

The Gandy Bridge in St.Petersburg, Florida is 3 miles long it, the older span to the right was turned into a pedestrian bridge and at the starts of both ends they added fishing areas.

[UncleRando]

Its surprising to see that many people on a 3 mile span of a bridge. Its hard to believe that many people would walk a 3 mile bridge span when most dont want to walk 3 blocks (in America at least).

[matherto]

Originally Posted by Davis

Charles Bridge in Prague.

is that the one from XXX?

[I-275westcoastfl]

Yea thats the bridge from XXX

Originally Posted by UncleRando

Its surprising to see that many people on a 3 mile span of a bridge. Its hard to believe that many people would walk a 3 mile bridge span when most dont want to walk 3 blocks (in America at least).

Actually if you walk the whole thing its 6 miles because you need to go back to the other side to the parking lot ive done it many times, its tiring, but good excercise. The people on the bridge are joggers, roller bladers, bikers, fishers, or just families out for a walk.

[Justme]

Starting off with two pedestriant bridges in Frankfurt:

the Eiserner Steg in Frankfurt, built in 1868




and the Holbeinsteg built in 1990

[Justme]

One of favourites is this little bridge that connects Windsor and Eaton (near London) This bridge was compled in 1824 but there has been a bridge here since 1172. I know it's small, but I always found not only the bridge to be very beautiful, but also with great views from it.






Still on London, I quite like the Transporter Bridge in East London that connects the newly developed areas around the Excel Exhibition/conference center. What also makes it unique, is not only the elevated foot bridge (reached by lifts) but there is also a hanging "transporter" under the bridge that moves people across - similar to the transporter bridges in other parts of Europe, especially the famous Bilbao one.

Although there isn't much in the area at the moment, it is expanding fast with new developments.

The Royal Victoria Dock Pedestrian Bridge - London.

[Justme]

As I mentioned the Bilbao Hanging Transporter Bridge in Spain, I feel I should mention it here. Although more famous as a transporter bridge, it has a pedestrian deck high above well worth the mention, especially as it cannot be described as a normal bridge

The Vizcaya Bridge was designed by Alberto de Palacio in 1887. When a new team of business administrators and technicians took over the running of the bridge in 1996, they agreed on two key objectives: to offer a modernised and renovated transport system for the 21st century, and to promote this monument to the same degree as its novel neighbour, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
With this in mind, the Vizcaya Bridge was considered as an industrial monument where its history and difficulties had to be respected, and the intervention work carried out would have to recover the spirit of its original construction. The restoration of the structure, which had been affected by often inappropriate interventions over one hundred years, was undertaken. The transport system was made suitable for new methods and technology by renewing the passenger control systems and installing a new gondola for passengers and vehicles. Finally, the Vizcaya Bridge was adapted for the tourist and leisure market by opening a walkway over the upper span with access from two panoramic lifts.

This work has resulted in an exquisitely refurbished Bridge and a monument from the Industrial era restored for future generations.

Most of the photo's below are probably before renovation.

This was the world's first transporter bridge, connecting the upper middle-class Las Arenas quarter of Getxo with the working class town of Portugalete and its historic city centre. There are two ways to cross the bridge, on the gondola which carries the vehicles and most pedestrians a few feet above the waters of the estuary, or across the overhead walkway, a giddy 50 metres above the ground and the river
The span is 148m long