Heatherwick's Rolling Bridge
The Rolling Bridge was designed by the award-winning Heatherwick Studio, working with structural engineers SKM Anthony Hunts.
Installed in August 2004, the Rolling Bridge spans an inlet of the Grand Union Canal, towards the head of Paddington Basin
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2. ringmaster commented 7 years ago
The way it bends and roll out is inspired by nature. Lots of technology is based on what we see there.
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3. flametamer commented 7 years ago
#1 I would guess it is there as art as much as a practical bridge. At about 35 sec. in the video, it looks like the canal is a dead end, or is a boat slip. I see no reason for the rolling bridge other than and art exhibit or as an engineering test.
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4. Judge-Jake commented 7 years ago
Definitely a very flash bridge, perhaps they should have made the outside out of solar panels so that is was free powered.
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6. Abdullah54 commented 7 years ago
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7. Natan_el_Tigre commented 7 years ago
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10. Urmensch commented 7 years ago
I actually went to see this about 2 weeks ago, and having only heard it was a bridge that rolled up I was expecting something bigger.
Apparently they only roll it up about once a week or so to show the mechanism. The rest of the time it just remains left open / unrolled.
#3 The canal does continue on and about where you remark time-wise, 0:37 you can see a person walking from the left. If you walk down towards the building you can skirt that lock that the bridge spans and come back to the path, and then continue on along the canal. From the look of it, that lock seemed to be an original feature, with the bridge a later addition.
Apparently they only roll it up about once a week or so to show the mechanism. The rest of the time it just remains left open / unrolled.
#3 The canal does continue on and about where you remark time-wise, 0:37 you can see a person walking from the left. If you walk down towards the building you can skirt that lock that the bridge spans and come back to the path, and then continue on along the canal. From the look of it, that lock seemed to be an original feature, with the bridge a later addition.
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+6 1. smi commented 7 years ago