File:'Peace Bridge' (2012) -- Calgary (AB) September 2019 (48766973992).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (5,215 × 2,586 pixels, file size: 3.53 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description

Peace Bridge accommodates people walking, cycling, and now scootering across the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The bridge, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, opened for use in March 2012. It has the popular nickname "Finger Trap Bridge" due to its visual similarity to the finger trap puzzle.

The bridge was built by The City of Calgary to connect the southern Bow River pathway and Downtown Calgary with the northern Bow River pathway and the community of Sunnyside. This connection was designed to accommodate the increasing number of people commuting to and from work and those utilizing Calgary's pathways.

The bridge is reportedly used by 6000 people a day and ranked among the top 10 architectural projects in 2012 and among the top 10 public spaces of 2012.

The bridge features a helical steel structure with a glass roof (850-metric-tonne steel), an inside width of 21 feet (double the width of other pedestrian bridges in the area), a segregated bicycle and pedestrian traffic, and lighting for night time use. It cost $18 million to construct.

Dimensions -- Span length: Tube Girder 413 ft Total length: Out to Out 428 ft Total width: 26 ft Total height: 19.ft Inside width: 20 ft (13 ft for pedestrians and 8 ft for the cycleway).

Source: Wikipedia

DSC2295 V1
Date
Source 'Peace Bridge' (2012) -- Calgary (AB) September 2019
Author Ron Cogswell from Arlington, Virginia, USA
Camera location51° 03′ 14.06″ N, 114° 04′ 44.11″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Ron Cogswell at https://flickr.com/photos/22711505@N05/48766973992. It was reviewed on 30 September 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

30 September 2020

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current18:52, 30 September 2020Thumbnail for version as of 18:52, 30 September 20205,215 × 2,586 (3.53 MB)Mindmatrix (talk | contribs)Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:%27Peace_Bridge%27_(2012)_--_Calgary_(AB)_September_2019_(48766973992).jpg&oldid=943370589"