[Ep. 1107] ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL) replaced a 60+ year-old bridge for walking and cycling by a brand new – 7 meter wide – one.
More information in the blog post:
Update: The bridge had to be closed due to too much vibrations. The city hopes to solve the issue within a few weeks.
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Niagara, Ontario, Canada: Here, in the house I grew up in, it used to be a walkable neighbourhood. The hardware store and bank and etc, were downtown, a 7 minute walk away. Now I have to drive on hellish stroads to go anywhere or do anything. The bank is in a gott dammed shopping mall in another city. The nearest hardware store is an almost hour walk away, down a 100 m escarpment, than one hour back up a 100 m escarpment. That is why videos of these kinds of improvements make me giddy. I want this kind of sense and foresight here too.
Amazing. In Brisbane, they would have likely replaced the old bridge with one just slightly wider and still a shared use path, and the improved connections to the street would be at least 5 years away…
Nice looking bridge
A shame that planning was so long and still not taking everything into consideration; but sometime things work different on paper (/computer) then in real life..
the joy of being able to use prefabricated bridges for pedestrians and cyclists … so much quicker and cheaper than vehicle infrastructure 🙂
My city in the UK is building a "wider than standards" shared use bridge. It is going to be 4 metres wide, about the same width as the old bridge in this video (which you say was far too narrow for shared use).
They bragged about this width because it is slightly above the minimum of 3.5 metres for shared use bridges in "CD 353 Design criteria for footbridges"
good idea to address it. constructive vibration can destroy a bridge given history. can this bridge support emergency vehicles?
This might be a slight improvement for you (and congratulations on that), but this would be a massive improvement for most of the rest of the world!
Anyway, thanks for showing it both in-process and when it’s nearly complete and already in use.
They should replace the remaining small square bollards as well. Those are a hazard for cyclists even on the edge of their path but also for people walking.
Die kleine paaltjes op het voetpad begrijp ik helemaal niets van.
Dit is wel een stuk beter. Het Heetmanplein kan dan wel weg zijn maar ik heb het idee dat de gemeente niet echt weet/wist wat ze met de nu vrije grond eromheen moesten doen. Ik snap ook niet waarom ze het fietspad langs de weg richting het station weg hebben gehaald.
Het had wat mij betreft wat meer op de "knuppeltjesbrug" mogen lijken in het ontwerp, net zoals het originele treinstation en de reconstructurering van de Pieckenpoort. Uiteindelijk zijn het kleine aanpassingen (in plaats van latjes doe je iets wat op stronken lijkt) en voor de andere twee is het enkel een stenen facade.
Zo zouden er voor de wederopbouw van de Pieckenpoort eenvoudigweg appartmenten of zelfs een hotel gebouwd kunnen worden op dat enorme stuk gras met een poort en wat torentjes erop. Maar alleen bij overheid kost dat dan miljoenen meer en dan kan het vervolgens niet. Uiteindelijk is het niets anders hoe je de steentjes opstapeld…
I hope they'll rebuild the cycle paths next to the "city walls"
That hudge bridge transport looks so cool each time I see one 😛
"Far too narrow for shared use". Heh, I guess I shouldn't mention the 80cm wide shared use path towards a nearby village here (Stratford-upon-Avon to Snitterfield alongside the A46 for any locals wondering).
The likely reason that the bollards are there is because if there is a possibility of an unintentional vehicle on the bridge it needs to be designed for that.
What could be the problem with the bridge is that since a composite bridge is lighter than a concrete or steel bridge the resonance frequency is higher and closer to the frequency of walking pace/frequency. Resulting in vibrations in the beidge. The designers need to take that into consideration.
1:58 Me in Euro Truck Simulator 2 special transport missions 😅
Cute
– Helsinki