There has been increasing awareness in recent years of the importance of infrastructure for pedestrians. These additions to the urban environment improve the quality of cities by connecting spaces and shortening travel distances, and their introduction can be beneficial not only to pedestrians but also to cyclists seeking a more environmentally friendly method of transport.
In order to encourage the use of pedestrian infrastructure, here we present footbridges designed by architecture offices and structural engineers, alongside their construction details, to showcase innovative solutions in terms of materials, forms, and structures.
The Technion’s Entrance Gate / Schwartz Besnosoff Architects
Structural Engineering: Rokach Ashkenazi Engineering Consultant
Providence Pedestrian Bridge / INFORM Studio + Buro Happold
Structural Engineering: Buro Happold
Footbridge of the High Speed Train Station Saint Laud / Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Structural Engineering: SBP GMBH
Tintagel Castle Footbridge / Ney & Partners + William Matthews Associates
Structural Engineering: NEY & Partners, HRW Engineers
LightPathAKL / Monk Mackenzie Architects + Landlab
Structural Engineering: GHD
Bayraklı Coast Pedestrian Bridge / Notarchitects + Notmimarlik
Structural Engineering: Kobe Yapı
Ruyi Bridge / ZZHK Architects
Structural Engineering: Southwest Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute of China
Pedestrian Bridge in Jonava / Architektüros linija
Structural Engineering: UAB Šiltas Namas
Floating Archipelago, Pedestrian Bridge Design / FCHA
Structural Engineering: China Academy of Building Research
The Rainbow Bridge / SPF: architects
Structural Engineering: Arup
Suspended Pavilion / TJAD Original Design Studio
Structural Engineering: Rui Wang
The way through the Forest / VAUMM
Structural Engineering: Ingeniería Lanchas
Treetop Walk / Carlos Castanheira
Structural Engineering: Paulo Fidalgo – HDP,Lda
Yangjing Canal Pedestrian Bridge / Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
Structural Engineering: Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute
Pedestrian Bridge over Shanghai Taitong Ferry Station / Scenic Architecture Office
Structural Engineering: AND Office
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Editor's Note: This article was originally published on November 1, 2020, and updated on March 21, 2022.
