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Bridge projects with varied level of bioinspiration

Ad 1. Campo Vo-lantin Bridge 2. Foldable Bridge 3. Butterfly Bridge 4. Nesenbach Valley Bridge  5. Millennium Bridge 6. Ribble Way Bridge 7. Webb Bridge 8. Rolling Bridge 9. Dragon Bridge  10. Chords Bridge 11. Henderson Bridge 12. Double Helix Bridge(Along with our partially completed prototype in CESS exibition) 13. Chunhua footbridge 14. Peace Bridge  15. Dragon Eco Bridge Details on these is below:-

World’s first Tensegrity Bridge - Kurilpa Bridge

Ad Introduction :- Australia's Queensland State Government in 2006 established a design brief on a pedestrian bridge with low budget hardly possible in state capital, Brisbane to establish link with Queensland Gallery of Modern Art  (GoMA). Baulderstone (contractor), Arup (engineer) and Cox Rayner (architect) won the design competition with a design, fusion of art and science having array of masts, cables and flying steel spars well suited with locality, structurally efficient and completely original. More on “tensegrity”. Key statistics Ø   Bridge deck 430m long x 6.5m clear width between handrails Ø   500m 3  of concrete and 500 tonnes of steel Ø   Nearly 7km of high strength steel cables Why “tensegrity” Bridge? All the possible solution in front of the team and why there were discarded is shown below:- Restrictions :- Clearance and remote access. OPTION HINDERANCE DECISION Cable-stayed Large mast Visually Dominant No Arch Poor soil condit...