Foot Bridges

[Justme]

Gotta keep this great thread going.

I also loved the Richmond Footbridge. This bridge, in a beautiful suburb of London, has a lock underneigh controlling the flow of the Thames to allow constant boating.

These photos are from John Cooper: http://www.pbase.com/john_cooper/profile

[DiggerD21]

Hamburg:

Kibbelstegbrücke, connecting the westend of the Hafencity and Speicherstadt with the southern edge of the current city centre. It is even double decked on the northern part.
the upper deck
http://www.photohaus-galerie.de/bilder/gross/2345.jpg

the lower deck
http://www.photohaus-galerie.de/bilder/gross/23015.jpg

There are a few more in Hamburg, which are almost invisible though, because they seem to be incorporated at grade level.

[xlchris]

This is a new bridge from Amsterdam to the new city IJburg in Amsterdam;

*The NescioBridge is the longest predistians and bike
bridge in Holland: 779 meter*









(sorry i couldn't find better pictures)

*extra, a car bridge in from Amsterdam to IJburg*

[x-type]

Osijek, Croatia

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Graz, Austria

[Yardmaster]

Just to keep the thread going ...



Above) This footbridge once carried Australia's first steam railway from Melbourne to its port. It's actually not the original bridge ... I think that was essentially wood. This bridge carried four railway tracks on massive steel girders that no-one would dare try to lift when they closed the line: now it's an outdoor encylopedia and gazateer of Australian immigrants, for Casino high-flyers who can't afford the limousine home.



^ Another converted railway bridge ... it also connected melbourne to its port, but had a much shorter life. Once again, they modified it a bit. it now forms part of the "Capital City Trail", which in 30 km passes about 80 bridges. Here it is again ...



One of them is the 1899 Morell Bridge at Richmond, not unlike the arch bridge in Justme's posting above, but I don't have a decent photo. It's a converted road-bridge!



This bridge was constructed by my father, my family and I,
on my property about 200 km from Melbourne. See? we're building it ...



It's twenty years old this year. unfortunately one of those very large trees
is threatening to fall down on it ... eventually.



Back to Melbourne. another very wide footbridge ... across the tracks at Southern Cross Station to the Telstra Dome Stadium ...



and this one leads over just as many railway tracks to the MCG:

[Justme]

^ Nice bridges in Melbourne.

[m@rco]

In Grenoble:

Passerelle St Laurent:



Passerelle de Meylan:



Passerelle du Rondeau

[m@rco]

In Paris

Passerelle des Douanes (1860):


Passerelle Debilly (1900):




Pont des Arts (1984):



Passerelle Leopold-Sedar-Senghor (Solferino, 1999)





Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir (Bercy-Tolbiac, 2006):

[CborG]

Those multi level bridges are very cool

[gladisimo]

Some of these smaller foot bridges look like an engineer's/architect's plaything, overdone for the context its in...

nevertheless, some fantastic and beautiful bridges~

[Bitxofo]

Originally Posted by 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

And now World Heritage by UNESCO since 2006!

[Dallasbrink]

Cool, there are allot of Calatrava Bridges.

[sapmi]

From northern Sweden:

[540_804]

We dont have any that are particularly extra-remarkable...but:

Here is one in Richmond, VA. It is suspended below an automotive bridge

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It connects Downtown Richmond to Belle Isle. I guess its pretty cool to have an island in the city.

[jchernin]

i dont see santiago calatrava's sundial bridge in redding, ca yet up here:

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all photos from http://web.redding.com/specials/sundial/

[scalziand]

Earle Bridge on the WPI campus:


The two footbridges in nearby Elm Park:

[napoleon]

Thailand


Photo by Chemon


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new one, next to the one above

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Siam Centre





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Platinum Fashion mall





Photo by Chemon




Central Plaza - Lad Phrao





Bangkok's downtown

[ExtraMuros]

Pont Des Amours (bridge of loves), Annecy, France

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[ØlandDK]

Two newer ones from Copenhagen - both are bike-pedestrian bridges:
Over Ågade
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the Bryggenbridge:
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