Central Park Bridge – Roisin Heneghan

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120705 Aerial shoot over Olympic Park, London. Image showing multicoloured link bridge to the stadium..Picture taken by Anthony Charlton

 

 

The Central Park Bridge is located in the heart of London in what was Olympic Park. The 58 meter-wide  bridge was completed in the summer of 2012 before the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics.  It spans the River Lea between the Olympic Stadium and the Aquatics Centre and forms an interface between the northern and southern areas of the Olympic Park. It is made up of two separate, parallel pedestrian access bridges diagonally  linked by a narrow “blade-like” walkway. The underside of the bridge is clad with mirror-finished steel so that the people walking under the bridge can see their reflections above them. This pedestrian bridge is very appealing to the eye and it incorporates the historic Carpenter’s Lock building that is in the area of the river that the bridge crosses.

 

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