The Motorway Footbridge as Heritage; a Technical and Artistic Celebration of Thoughtful Design

This paper introduces Hallingbury Footbridge on the M11 motorway in the UK, in the context of the concrete bridges that were designed and built during the early expansion of the network from the late 1950s onwards. It includes information about the history of this section of the motorway and the technical and architectural details of the footbridge, and seeks to communicate two unique responses to the structure in its contemporary context.

The viewpoints of the two groups – road users and pedestrians – who experience the structure as part of the landscape and as a functional tool are brought together, and the audience invited to reflect on the connected but contrasting ways in which they encounter the footbridge.

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