Thursday, 9 March 2017

London City Island footbridge / 5 pics

Davies, Maguire & Whitby, 2016. Single steel truss with box-girder deck to south-east side. The bridge can rise 4m, by means of hydraulic jacks each end, for taller river traffic. Its span is 80m and mass 160 tonnes. River Lea, East London. 
 Close-up of part of steel truss

Collage
(All images CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)