Greenside Place Bridge Link
| Location: | Leith Street, Edinburgh |
| Brief description: | Footbridge crossing the busy Leith Street in the east of Edinburgh’s shopping district |
| Awarding authority: | Coal Pension Properties |
| Completion: | 2004 |
| Architect: | Broadway Malyan |
| Steel Constructor: | Westbury Structures Ltd |
| Cidect member: | Corus Tubes |
Details:
The bridge is a steel structure of innovative helical form compromising of an open aluminium and glass walkway passing through the helical tubular steel structure and supported on raking tubular steel columns.
The bridge is a freestanding structure spanning 50 metres with an unusual S-shape in plan.In cross section the steel helix forms and ellipse with a width of 0.5m and a height of 4.0m.The main steelwork comprises of curved 139.7 x 10 Circular Hollow section (CHS) spiralling around six longitudinal 193.7 x 16 CHS located in the top and bottom of the bridge cross section.The bridge is supported by splayed legs of 457 x 25 CHS springing from concrete plinths on either side of the dual carriageway road.All Circular Hollow Section steelwork is hot finished, grade S355J2H.