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Watersportbaan Brugge, Ghent

This 90m span bridge was to provide a new cycle and pedestrian link across a rowing lake on the outskirts of Ghent in Belgium, part of a wider landscaping and traffic upgrade to the surrounding area.  The winning entry to a competition in 2015, the design is an asymmetrical cable-stayed structure, with the single tower conceived as an irregular, sculptural form in steel.  The 7.5m wide deck is a shallow steel box girder with a tapered profile and slender edges to give a blade-like appearance.  Tuned mass dampers were incorporated in the design to ensure acceptable response characteristics under pedestrian loading. 

ghent bridge landing
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Location
Ghent, Belgium
Architect(s)
Pieter D'haeseleer