The New Lifting Bridge in Bordeaux

摘要

While the design creates a visual lightness, the 5.5 million pound, 387 foot-longvertical lift span of the Jacques Chaban-Delmas Bridge in Bordeaux France is designed to carryfour lanes of traffic, two sweeping pedestrian and bicycle paths and two light rail tracks. Theunique design build process successfully drove a fierce competition resulting in five dramaticdesigns. This process, as well as the innovative techniques that would not be permitted byNorth American design standards are described.