GSA Guide - Kurilpa Bridge - world’s largest hybrid tensegrity bridge. Claimed
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Kuripla Bridge
Award winning bridge, in fact, the world’s largest hybrid tensegrity bridge, forming part of Brisbane River north-south access for foot and bicycle traffic.
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Kurilpa Bridge is the world’s largest hybrid tensegrity bridge. Only the horizontal spars conform to tensegrity principles.
The Kurilpa Bridge is a multiple-mast, cable-stay structure based on principles of tensegrity producing a synergy between balanced tension and compression components to create a light structure which is incredibly strong.
The bridge is 470 metres (1,540ft) long with a main span of 128 metres (420ft) and features two large viewing and relaxation platforms, two rest areas, and a continuous all-weather canopy for the entire length of the bridge.
A canopy is supported by a secondary tensegrity structure. It is estimated that 560 tonnes (620 short tons) of structural steel including 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) of helical strand cable are incorporated into the bridge.
The bridge structure comprises 18 structural steel bridge decks, 20 structural steel masts and 16 horizontal spars or in layman's terms horizontal masts.
Seventy two precast concrete deck slabs sit on
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- Landmark