Planners have approved a design for the Fundy Discovery Centre Active Travel Bridge in Nova Scotia, Canada.
As well as providing a crossing for walkers and wheelers, the 130m wooden structure will also serve snow clearing and maintenance vehicles.
The proposed design for the timber Fundy Discovery Centre Active Travel Bridge. Credit: Municipality of Colchester
The Fundy Discovery Centre allows visitors to experience one of the highest tides on earth. A tidal bore occurs twice a day on the Salmon River near the municipality of Colchester. The bridge will have a rest area to allow users to observe the phenomenon.
Planners in Colchester approved the under girder bridge design supported by three in-stream piers. The handrail rises and falls in vertical waves along the span in a gesture inspired by the curved rooflines of indigenous architecture.
