Bridge building

[Paul Jacobs]

I just received this video link from my son. He works for a company in London that produces one-off projects for architects and engineers. It is a time lapse documentation of the production of a new footbridge for one of the London parks. After construction it was moved across the country for hot dip galvanising. There are not many companies with a zinc tank big enough for a bridge.

[Too Tall]

Great stuff. Watching the sun shadows move across the stage gives a lovely sense of time thru out the day.

[guido]

Brilliant design, build video to record it! Just fantastic.

[Paul Jacobs]

I should have said that it is a swing bridge designed to be supported by a central pivot.

[Paul Jacobs]

An update.
The bridge in position in Crystal Palace Park. Shown in the un-connected position. It can be swung on the central pivot to provide access to the island, which is normally closed to the public. Photo taken this morning by my sister.

also see https://tonkinliu.co.uk/news/2021/4/...al-palace-park

[rwsaunders]

Lots of physics at work in just building, coating and transporting the bridge. We all dreamt of building bridges when we started our structural engineering program, but few head in that direction when they find out that most bridge engineers don't design bridges, they repair them! Nice video and very clean fab shop.