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Pedestrian Bridges
Ten bridges for walkers and
bicyclists creatively span
waterways, roads, and
railway tracks.
Pedestrian bridges stitch
together the urban environment,
giving walkers and bicyclists rare
moments of precedence in the
cityscape. By elevating passersby
above the ground plane, they give
residents and visitors alike a new
perspective on their environment.
With thoughtful design, they can
also serve as memorable visual
landmarks, adding cohesion or
variety to the structures and landscapes that surround them.
The following 10 projects-all
completed during the past five
years-include several that borrow
forms from nature or incorporate
landscaping, one suspended from
the underside of a historic bridge,
one that lifts pedestrians and
cyclists over a ferry building, and
one that rests on the former piers
of an interstate highway.
R O N N Y R E N is a freelance architecture and urban
design writer based in the San Francisco Bay area.
1. 41st Street Bridge
Lake Shore Drive and rail lines have long separated the residents of Chicago's South Side from Burnham
Park and Lake Michigan, with only a few pedestrian bridges to facilitate the crossing-in contrast with
the North Side, which has pedestrian bridges aplenty spanning the roadway. To right this imbalance,
the city held an international design competition to improve pedestrian access to the lake for southern
neighborhoods. The second structure in the initiative, 41st Street Bridge, was completed in 2018 and
snakes over lanes and tracks with an S-curve that references the park's curving paths.
The design architect, local firm Cordogan, Clark & Associates, and the design engineer and engineer
of record, the local office of AECOM, gave the streel structure a gentle slope and added ramps as well as
stairs at each end to enhance access. The landscape around the bridge is designed to manage and filter
stormwater runoff through bioretention. The two arches and steel cables frame views to the downtown's
skyline and the Oakwood/41st Street Beach.
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