Heatherwick Studio's Rolling Bridge

[Toon]

Heatherwick Studio's Rolling Bridge is located within a new residential, office and retail quarter set around part of the Grand Union Canal.
Rather than a conventional opening bridge mechanism, consisting of a single rigid element that lifts to let boats pass, the Rolling Bridge gets out of the way by curling up until its two ends touch. While in its horizontal position, the bridge is a normal, inconspicuous steel and timber footbridge; fully open, it forms a circle on one bank of the water that bears little resemblance to its former self.
Twelve metres long, the bridge is made in eight steel and timber sections, and is made to curl by hydraulic rams set into the handrail between each section.
The Rolling Bridge opens every Friday at noon and won the 2005 British Structural Steel Award.

[Pretty Little Nobody]

that is cool

[SugarSpunSister]

That looks terrifying!

[mickhawkes]

Some Great Designs on their Site

[Mute]

Originally Posted by Toon

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if i was there, roller blades on, i would love to have some fun on that bridge while it was open
lol