"La Belle Liégeoise", the new footbridge in Liège
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Frédéric Gens
(Greisch Engineering office, Liege, Belgium)
Ludivine Comeliau (Greisch Engineering office, Liege, Belgium) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 September 2021 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Ghent 2021 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 741-747 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 7 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/ghent.2021.0741 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The newest footbridge in Liège, known as "La Belle Liégeoise", was opened on 2nd May 2016. Located upstream of the landscape window created by Guillemins esplanade, this bridge provides a connection for soft transport modes from the railway station across the Meuse to La Boverie park, maintaining clearance for navigation. The main span over the Meuse is 163 metres for a total length of 294 metres. The 5.5 metre wide decking is positioned laterally to the supporting structure. Bureau Greisch, in association with the landscape architect Corajoud, was responsible for the complete design mission for the bridge. The aim of this article is to detail the whole process of the conception of the bridge, from first sketches to erection control. |
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| Keywords: |
footbridge dynamic slender dissymmetry welded
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| Copyright: | © 2021 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) | ||||
| License: | This creative work is copyrighted material and may not be used without explicit approval by the author and/or copyright owner. |
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