V Bridge
The ‘V Bridge’ is a proposed bridge at Nine Elms, London by architectural firm Studio Egret West. It spans over 150m with two piers sunk into the bed of the river that it passes over. The bridge uses a very simple process of splitting the cycle path and pedestrian path across the breadth of the bridge deck.
A main concern raised in our group was the fact that cycle paths and pedestrian walk ways on a bridge could be hazardous in the instance that they could collide at a point. This proposal handles this very well and I hope to incorporate this into our design. It also has various seating arrangements and foliage on the bridge itself which for the instance of this project may not be required but may be worth considering.
The disadvantage with this bridge design is that it is very different scenario to ours; In the instance that this bridge were to cross an A road, I doubt that it would use this sort of structural system in the intended design.
In brief, the element we wish to source from this cased based precedence is how it deals with the end user. Even if the design does not split, there needs to be a control element put in place.
Reference: http://egretwest.com/projects/v-bridge