CASE STUDY -CYCLING BRIDGE

PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLING

BRIDGE
LOCATION -Lisbon, Portugal
• Dynamic bridge integrates safe and efficient paths for
cyclists and pedestrians while encouraging bicycles as an
alternative means of city transportation.
• Planned to promote the use of bicycles associated with
leisure activities.
OBJECTIVES:
Establish an accesses network in both sides of the highway (2ª circular),
using a branched design for the bridge.
North side - new paths integrated with preexisting vegetation formations,
creating a naturalized scenery.
South side – paths connected with sidewalks, walls or property limits, with
an effort of re-naturalizing the exiting slopes and hills.
Area- 2600m2

Reference- https://ceregeiro.com/en/text-48-54-72-70-pedestrian-and-cycling-bridge
PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLING
BRIDGE

• Initially implemented in the

northern city plateau with an
elevation of circa 100m,
occupied by relatively newly
built neighborhoods
• Locations with green spaces
of reasonable dimensions
available for the integration
of bike corridors,
segregated from automobile
routes.

• The bridge form was planned

as a box girder structure,
made with 8mm and 12mm
thick steel plates supported
by a set of pillars which
included two under the
central span.
• The resulting structure is
described as a hybrid, where
the initial plan for pillars under
the central span were
abolished to allow a bigger
width for the box girders,
thus increasing the size for
the ramps and staircase
access.

REFERENCE - https://www.architonic.com/en/project/mxt-studio-pedestrian-and-cycling-
bridge/5102884
 • This optimization uses less
steel and enabled the
budget to be maintained.
visually, the design looks
as though it has been
dropped into its
location, the distinctive
form is colored in orange
and clasps onto each side
the built environment and
the greenery.
simultaneously, a
triangular-supported
handrail runs the length of
the bridge where at night
is lit by LED lights.
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/maximina-almeida-telmo-
REFERENCE -
cruz-pedestrian-cycle-bridge-lisbon-09-02-2015/
 STAIRCASE LEADING
UP TO THE
ELEVATED BRIDGE
LEVEL

THE PEDESTRIAN
PATH

THE BRIDGE
ELEVATES OVER A
BUSY HIGHWAY

INTEGRATED INTO THE

GUARDRAIL TOP PROFILE
THE LIGHTING WAS
CARRIED OUT USING LED
TECHNOLOGY
EXAMPLES
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