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Ramboll Whitbybird bridge opens in Cambridgeshire
Published: June 05, 2008
The River Cam's first new bridge in more than 35 years opens to the public at midday today in Cambridge, eastern England. The design by Ramboll Whitbybird, working with artist Gerry Judah, won a Cambridgeshire City Council competition in 2004.
Riverside Bridge is made up of an arched steel frame that is 200m long, with approach ramps either side. The arch divides the deck in two, with a cycleway and a lower pedestrian route on a lower tier. The segregation has been enhanced by forming the pedestrian path in lightweight perforated aluminium planks supported on cantilevered steel arms, while the cycleway is a resin-bonded gravel surface on a structural steel box deck. "We really believe that the striking modern design of the bridge gets the right balance of respecting the existing surroundings whilst providing a high quality, innovative and attractive structure,” said project manager for Cambridgeshire County Council, Mike Davies. Two concrete fluted pods, which were developed with artist Gerry Judah, connect to the access ramp and provide points of interest along the route, with seating at the base of each pod. The bridge was built by Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, with Watson Steel Structures as fabricator and WS Atkins as client's agent. |
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