General Information
| Completion: | 1824 |
|---|---|
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Chain suspension bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Kruibeke, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 51° 8' 44.07" N 4° 18' 9.76" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| span | 23.11 m | |
| sag:span | 1:19 | |
| deck | width | 1.90 m |
Materials
| chains |
wrought iron
|
|---|---|
| suspenders |
wrought iron
|
| pylons |
cast iron
|
| deck flooring |
wood
|
Participants
Design
- Jean-Baptiste Vifquain (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- (2005): The iron suspension footbridge of Wissekerke. Presented at: Footbridge 2005 (Second International Congress), Venezia, 06-08 December 2005.
- (2006): Nineteenth-Century Iron Suspension Footbridges in Flanders (Belgium). Presented at: Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens' College, Cambridge University; 29/03-02/04/2006, pp. 3389-3401.
- (2018): Restauration de la passerelle du château de Wissekerke à Kruibeke (1824). In: (2018): Patrimoines de fonte, fer et acier. FABI, Brussels (Belgium), ISBN 978-2-9602172-0-9, pp. 123-126.
- (2009): Upgrading mainland Europe's oldest iron suspension footbridge. In: Steel Construction, v. 2, n. 1 (March 2009), pp. 36-41.
- (2008): Upgrading mainland Europe’s oldest suspension bridge. Presented at: 17th IABSE Congress: Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, USA, 17-19 September 2008, pp. 196-197.
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20020524 - Published on:
20/04/2006 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021
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