#timber bridge

Another small force is engaged at building a timber bridge across Chippewa Creek at the foot of Worthington street. The abutments have been put in and it is expected the stringers will be laid today or tomorrow. This replaces a foot bridge and will be capable of supporting five or six ton.

“ This project is a timber bridge, which is one of the many in Gulou Waterfront Resort. To differentiate it from urban constructions and revitalize traditional rural culture, LUO studio adopted natural wooden materials to construct an arched bridge. The resort provides access for small fishing vessels, as well as large tour ships. To enable boats of various sizes to pass under the bridge smoothly, the load-bearing platform at the bottom of the arch which is 1.35m higher than the normal water level, combined with the 2.8m arched structure, forms a space more than 4m higher than the normal water level. This meets the clearance requirements for large tour boats to pass through. Based on geological surveys, the span of the bridge is set at 25.2m. Through structural calculation and construction analysis, LUO studio utilized 3 large curved beams as main structural components, which are arranged in a parallel manner with a 2.8 spacing between each other. With full consideration of manufacturing and transportation costs, each main beam was divided into three sections at appropriate positions, connected and assembled by steel-strengthened bolts on the site, to form the complete wooden beam”

I was contracted by York Bridge Concepts, to acquire advertisement photos of their beautiful timber bridge they built in Reisterstown, MD this year. In order to document the bridge, I used my Nikon D810 with a 14-24mm and DJI 3 Professional Drone. Continue below to see the results!