Innovative opening road bridge across Poole Harbour as the focus for riverside regeneration. The opening section is counterbalanced by 70m high tapering pair of arms which are visible from a distance, signalling to vehicles and boats whether the bridge is open or closed.
- Client:
- Poole Borough Council
- Team:
- Benedetti Architects
- McDowell+Benedetti (to July 2016)
- Arup
- Kenneth Grubb Associates
- Richard Wentworth (artist)
- Nye Parry (sound designer)
- Status:
- Finalist, international competition 2002
- Published:
- Architects' Journal
- Building Design
- local BBC TV and Radio
- Various local and regional newspapers
- "This new bridge will be at the heart of the transformation of our town... It will give the regeneration a sense of place"
- Councillor Bob Wiliams - Poole Borough Council
