TQ2 bridge

The pedestrian and cycle bridge link a proposed new mixed use development with the existing town, Bristol Temple Meads Station and new hotel development. Materials and artificial light studies are central to the design. The construction is a stressed skin arc of stainless steel, which lands on haunched abutments at each side of the floating harbour. The arc of the bridge picks up light from the sky and water, changing with the weather and the time of day. The interior of the bridge holds LED lights, which make the whole structure glow at night to reveal the hidden ribs of the internal structure. The competition judging committee wrote: ‘Architecture, Engineering and lighting are beautifully combined as the simple elegant structure that the brief envisaged'.