Juscelino Kubitscheck Bridge

Bridge: Juscelino Kubitscheck Bridge (President JK Bridge)

Location: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Length: 1,200m

Main span/arch rise: 240m/60m

Designer: architect Alexandre Chan and structural engineer Mário Vila Verde

Completion: 2002

Cost: $56.8 million

Reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juscelino_Kubitschek_bridge

Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing

Bridge: Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing

Location: Dubai, UAE

Designer: FXFOWLE Architects

Length: 1.6km

Width: 64m

Main span/Arch rise: 667m/205m

Cost: AED 2.5 billion

Completition: 2012

Reference: http://www.fxfowle.com/

The Footbridge at North Shore

Bridge: The Footbridge at North Shore

Location: Stockton, UK

Length: 273m

Designer: Expedition Engineering Limited, Designer and Spence Associates, Architect.

Reference:http://www.northshorefootbridge.com 

Sheffield Parkway Iconic Footbridge

Bridge: Sheffield Parkway Iconic Footbridge

Location: Rotherham and Sheffield, UK

Image: ‘O’ ring

Length: 37.8m

Designer: Tim Norlund (a 23-year-old architect from Denmark)

Reference: http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/

Clydebank’s Swan Bridge Takes Flight

Bridge: Clydebank’s Swan Bridge Takes Flight

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Span: 40m

Designer: RMJM

Reference: http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/

The Hangzhou Gulf Bridge

Bridge: The Hangzhou Gulf Bridge

Location: China

Length: 36km

Main Bridge: Cable-Stayed Bridge

Main span: 448m

Cost: 11.6 billion RMB

Reference: http://unn.people.com.cn/

Red sea bridge from Djibouti (Africa) - Yemen (Asia)

Bridge: Red sea bridge from Djibouti (Africa) - Yemen (Asia)

Location: Djibouti to Yemen 

Length: 28.5 km

Cost: $25 billion

Schedule: 2009~2020

Main bridge: Suspension bridge

Main span: 5,000 m

Tower: 400m above the girder

Pillar: 300 m below the sea

References: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/

reference: http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/

reference: http://www.skyscrapercity.com

references: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/

reference: http://nazret.com/blog

Taipei 101 Footbridge (2004)

Bridge: Taipei 101 Footbridge (3rd design homework, NCU, 2004)

Designer: C.Y. Zhou, S.A. Chen, Y.N. Yu

Advisor: Dr. David Tsay

The Sanshia Bridge (2004)

Bridge: The Sanshia Bridge, Taiwan (2nd design homework, NCU, 2004)

Designer: Y. M. Weng, P.C. Zhou, R.X. Xu

Advisor: Dr. David Tsay

A Potential Fixed Link to Vancouver Island

Bridge: Pre-Feasibility Study of The Georgia Strait Crossing Bridge

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

Length: 26 km

Sea bed depth: max. 365 m

Wind seed: max. 180 km/hr

Wave: 4~7m

Tide: 6m

Current: 2 knot

Navigation: 2*200m (width)/65m(height)

Designer: Willis Cunliffe Tait & Co. Ltd. and Parsons Brickerhoff, Inc. and Fenco

Reference: http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/

The map of Vancouver and Vancouver island

The cross section of Georgia Strait

a floating pontoon bridge

a series of cable-stayed bridges supported on floating anchored pier structures

Taipei 101 Music Footbridge (2004)

Bridge: Taipei 101 Music Footbridge (3rd design homework, NCU, 2004)

Designer: Y. Q. Wang, W. L. Hong

Advisor: Dr. David Tsay

A footbridge over the Rochdale Canal in New Islington

Bridge: A footbridge over the Rochdale Canal in New Islington

Location: Manchester, UK

Designer: McChesneyArchitects

Reference: www.mcchesney.co.uk/Manchester.htm

Wind Tunnel Footbridge

Bridge: Wind Tunnel Footbridge

Designer: Impact LAB

Reference: http:// www.impactlab.com

[Images: Wind Shaped Pavilion; ©Michael Jantzen].