Bridge

Production of the cement used in concrete is a major cause of CO2 emissions, so Provencher Roy used an alternative for two bridges in Canada. They were built from concrete that contained recycled glass, reducing its greenhouse gas footprint.

Zaha Hadid Architects continues its recent focus on China with an attractive new bridge. Named the Chengdu West First Bridge, it showcases the firm's trademark style with an elegant curving form that's designed to stand up to extreme weather.

The co-creator of the High Line, James Corner Field Operations, has teamed up with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to extend the raised walkway with an attractive new timber bridge that contrasts with the gleaming modern skyscrapers in NYC.

Admittedly, this footbridge isn't the easiest, nor the most practical way to get people from one side of a river to another – but it might be one of the most creative. The unique crossing rolls 180 degrees to make space for boats to pass under it.

Monitoring the structural integrity of heavily used and aging bridges is complex work that often involves arrays of costly sensors, but new research has demonstrated how smartphones might one day do the heavy lifting.

With concrete being a major contributor of carbon emissions, a team led by the Eindhoven University of Technology is researching whether flax could be used as a greener building material, and to this end has completed a sensor-packed footbridge.

A first-of-its-kind 3D-printed concrete bridge has been unveiled in Venice, Italy. The bridge is a demonstration of a new 3D printing method resulting in a structure requiring no mortar or steel reinforcement.

MX3D has finally realized its ambitious plan to install the world's first 3D-printed steel bridge over a canal in Amsterdam. The public bridge features integrated sensors to collect data on its structural integrity, crowd behavior, and more.

Those nervous of heights should definitely steer clear of the newly completed 516 Arouca bridge. As its name suggests, it spans a total of length 516 m and is hailed as the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge by Portuguese officials.

Turning Paris from a City of Light to a City of Green has long been an ambition of Vincent Callebaut. His firm's latest project in this vein envisions a footbridge packed with fruit and vegetables that could produce almost 100 tons of food each year.

Today’s bridge columns offer great strength, but a new study suggests an alternative could not only offer greater durability under seismic activity, but also be repaired on the cheap should cracks start to appear.

In August 2018, a section of Genoa's Morandi Bridge collapsed, killing 43 people. Following the disaster, Renzo Piano's firm was chosen to design its replacement and, after 15 months of work, the new bridge is now complete and in use.