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Pedro e Inês bridge

Footbridge in Coimbra, Portugal

Pedro e Inês bridge
Summary

Footbridge in Coimbra, Portugal

Pedro e Inês pedestrian bridge

The Pedro e Inês bridge is a footbridge opened in 2007 in the town of Coimbra in Portugal. It was designed by Cecil Balmond, Arup Group, and Portuguese civil engineer António Adão da Fonseca.

Spanning the Rio Mondego, the 600 ft structure is the city's first footbridge and has become locally known as the "bridge that doesn't meet."

Partly inspired by skipping stones, the design is created from two cantilevered walkways joining in the middle. Each walkway is responsible for supporting the other - the two halves are displaced, giving the visual effect of a bridge that does not meet. Wallpaper magazine said the bridge "appears at first glimpse to be impossible."

The bridge is named for the ill-fated affair between Pedro, the Crown Prince of Portugal, and the Queen's lady-in-waiting, Inês de Castro.

References

References

  1. "Thinking Outside the Box".
  2. "Coimbra bridge, Cecil Balmond | Architecture | Wallpaper* Magazine".
  3. Nicolai Ouroussoff. (26 November 2006). "An Engineering Magician, Then (Presto) He's an Architect". [[The New York Times]].
  4. "Cecil Balmond and the Bonfire of the Vanities".
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