The millennium bridge

The millennium bridge

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The bicycle and foot bridge is part of a larger project involving works for the enjoyment of the park along the Medway river at Maidstone, in the UK. It was financed by the Millennium Commission and enables access to a new part, the Whatman´s Field park, recently created in an area - earlier inaccessable - located between the river and a railway line. The two-span ribbon bridge deck, of original conception, is the first example of a bridge having an elbow centreline. In fact, the centrelines of the two spans meet at an angle in plan of 25°. The bridge overal length is 101.5 m, and the maximum clear length of the main span, over the riverbed, is 49.5 m; the approach-span clear length is 37.5 m.

The bicycle and foot bridge is part of a larger project involving works for the enjoyment of the park along the Medway river at Maidstone, in the UK. It was financed by the Millennium Commission and enables access to a new part, the Whatman´s Field park, recently created in an area - earlier inaccessable - located between the river and a railway line. The two-span ribbon bridge deck, of original conception, is the first example of a bridge having an elbow centreline. In fact, the centrelines of the two spans meet at an angle in plan of 25°. The bridge overal length is 101.5 m, and the maximum clear length of the main span, over the riverbed, is 49.5 m; the approach-span clear length is 37.5 m.

foot and bicycle bridge, tensioned ribbon, precast concrete segments, static and dynamic analyses, construction procedure

foot and bicycle bridge, tensioned ribbon, precast concrete segments, static and dynamic analyses, construction procedure

STRÁSKÝ, J., KULHAVÝ, T.

01.11.2003

Řím

L´industria italiana del Cemento

792

0019-7637

L´industria italiana del Cemento

2003

792

Republic of Italy

860-872

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