Location
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Owner
City of Greenville
Completed on
2004
Scope of our work
conceptual design, construction design
Architect
Miguel Rosales, Rosales + Partners, Boston
This curved 380’ long and 12’ wide pedestrian bridge over the Reedy River in Greenville, South Carolina, is supported by a single suspension cable at the outer edge of the bridge. Two inclined and tapered tubular steel masts, each 200’ (approx. 61 m) apart and stabilized with single sloped back stays, support the main cable. A circumferential steel truss below the outer edge of the 7” (approx. 18 cm) deep concrete deck provides the necessary stiffness. The torsion in the deck created by the one-sided support is balanced by a series of prestressed ring cables below the deck. The resulting axial compression in the deck combines with the axial tension in the ring cables to balance the deck torsion. With no visible means of support to the inner side of the deck, the bridge appears to float over the landscape.
Total length: 116 m (380 ft)
Bridge width: 3.70 m (12 ft)
Ring cable: 3 fully locked, ø 80 mm
Thickness walkway slab: 25 cm
Total height superstructure: 1.30 m
Awards: Footbridge Awards 2005,
: Arthur G. Heyden Medal 2005
Total length: 116 m (380 ft)
Bridge width: 3.70 m (12 ft)
Ring cable: 3 fully locked, ø 80 mm
Thickness walkway slab: 25 cm
Total height superstructure: 1.30 m
Awards: Footbridge Awards 2005,
: Arthur G. Heyden Medal 2005
Liberty Bridge Greenville


