12 Sep 22
The winners of a bridge competition that closed in 2020 are finally announced during Footbridge 2022
The winners of the 2020 Footbridge Awards were revealed during the postponed triennial international footbridge conference that took place 7-9 September 2022 in Madrid.
Short span (30m or less)
Winner: Trumpf Bridge, Ditzingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Commissioning authority: Trumpf GmbH + Co KG
Principal designer: schlaich bergermann partner
Architect/structural engineer: schlaich bergermann partner
Principal contractor: Franz Prebeck GmbH & Co. KG
Others (Architectural consultancy): Barkow Leibinger
Medium span (30m-60m)
Winner: Sofiero Footbridge, Helsingborg, Sweden
Commissioning authority: Helsingborg Stad
Principal designer: Dissing+Weitling
Structural engineer: schlaich bergermann partner
Principal contractor: Bladt Industries - Infrastructure
Landscaping: Becht
Long span (greater than 60m)
Winner: Tintagel Castle Bridge, Cornwall, UK
Commissioning authority: English Heritage
Principal designer: Ney & Partners, William Matthews Associates
Structural engineer: Ney & Partners
Principal contractor: American Bridge UK
Movable bridges
Winner: Lille Langebro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Commissioning authority: Realdania By & Byg
Principal designer: Wilkinson Eyre
Structural engineer: Buro Happold
Principal contractor: JV Mobilis Danmark – Hollandia Infra
New life (renovation, refurbishment, reuse or retrofit bridge project for the primary benefit of pedestrians, cyclists and/or equestrians)
Winner: Pedestrian and cycle footbridge under the Pont Adolphe, Luxembourg
Commissioning authority: MDDI – Administration des Ponts & Chaussées
Principal designer: CBA Architects
Structural engineer: Inca
Principal contractor: Soludec
Jonathan Spiers Lighting Award (created in memory of Jonathan Speirs of Speirs & Major)
Winner: Spitalsteg Bridge, Germany
Commissioning authority: Stadt Riedlingen
Principal designer & structural engineer: schlaich bergermann partner
Principal contractor: Franz Prebeck & Co
Highly commended entries
- Short span: Knostrop Bridge, Leeds, UK
Commissioning authority: Leeds City Council, Environment Agency
Principal designer: Knight Architects
Structural engineer: Mott MacDonald
Principal contractor: BAM Nuttall
Steel fabricator: SH Structures
- Short span: Bridge over the Dretovice stream, Kladno-Vrapice, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Commissioning authority: Kladno
Principal designer: Klokner Institute in Prague
Architect/structural engineer: Aoc architects
Principal contractor: KŠ Prefa Štetí
- Medium span: Taplow Footbridge, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, UK
Commissioning authority: Berkeley Homes (Oxford & Chiltern)
Principal designer: Knight Architects
Structural engineer: COWI
Principal contractor: Land & Water
Steel fabricator: SH Structures
- Long span: Ortenau Bridge, Lahr, Germany
Commissioning authority: Stadt Lahr
Principal designer: EiSat Engineered Structures
Architect: Henchion Reuter Architekten
Principal contractor: Arge Meurer-Bau
- Movable bridges: Bio-based composite movable bicycle bridge, Ritsumasyl, the Netherlands
Commissioning authority: Province of Fryslân
Principal designer: Delft Infra Composites/Sweco- Witteveen+Bos/Antea Group
Architect: Quist Wintermans Architekten
Principal contractor: Strukton Civiel Noord-Oost
- New life: SACEM bridge enlargement Villabona/Oria, Spain
Commissioning authority: Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa
Principal designer & structural engineer: Anta Ingeniería Civil
Principal contractor: Altuna y Uria
A digital version of the awards brochure containing details of all the winners and highly-commended entries is available by clicking here or on the awards brochure image above.
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