Original footbridge in Mikolajki, Poland

Maciej Malinowski; Anna Banaś; Marcin Jeszka; Arkadiusz Sitarski

doi:10.1002/stab.201810582

Original footbridge in Mikolajki, Poland

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In summer 2016, a new footbridge in the town of Mikołajki (Poland) was built, over a stream connecting two adjacent lakes – Talty and Mikołajki. Its modern construction, based on the shape of a DN ice-boat, makes it inique in Poland, and probably in the world as well. This novel and dynamic shape became a significant landmark associated not only with Mikołajki, but also with the whole region of Mazury, as well as with sailing itself. The system of the footbridge illumination is innovative within Europe. With a blaze of lights, it not only emphasizes the bridge shape but also introduces interesting changes into the appearance of the surrounding. The bridge carrying structure is a two-span cable-stayed system suspended on a single pylon. Since on the one hand the city enjoys large number of tourist visitors, and on the other hand sailing had to be kept largely uninterrupted, steel as the principal material and a relevant construction technology had to be applied. The load tests performed gave positive confirmation of the bridge’s safety.

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:: STAHLBAU no. 87, pages 248 - 255,
ISSN: 0038-9145
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2018
Bibliographic description:: Malinowski M., Banaś A., Jeszka M., Sitarski A.: Original footbridge in Mikolajki, Poland// STAHLBAU. -Vol. 87, nr. 3 (2018), s.248-255
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1002/stab.201810582
Verified by:: Gdańsk University of Technology