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Made in Holland, built in Chelsea A pair of steel pedestrian footbridges for a Thameside development have been fabricated in the Netherlands and floated across the North Sea prior to installation. CM reports A lesser-known stretch of the London riverside is being brought to life with the aid of two new pedestrian bridges, fabricated from structural steel. Chelsea Water front is a new 3.2ha mixed-use development, including Lots Road power station, which straddles Chelsea Creek. The £140m mixed-use scheme, masterplanned by architect Farrells, includes two glass
residential towers, three riverside buildings, landscaped gardens and redevelopment of the listed power station, formerly the generator for London Underground. Work on the development, where Ardmore is main contractor, began in 2017. A stand-out feature is the piecing together of the two sides of the creek, connecting the Thames riverfront and
Above: One of the steel bridges is craned across Chelsea Creek beside the power station
path, with three pedestrian bridges. This has involved Farrells repurposing an existing vehicle bridge and creating the two pedestrian crossings, working with Dutch steel contractor Hollandia, engineer Buro Happold and Ardmore. The new bridges – the western and central of the three crossings – each have a 38m span across the Chelsea Creek. They create a direct link into the power station and are aligned with the centres of the two chimneys. The underside height of the bridges was set by the space needed for the river and creek boats to pass below at the highest tide levels. “The bridges are simple in concept, with the bridges themselves working as long box beams,” explains Russ Hamilton, design partner at Farrells.
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