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    The Butterfly Bridge in Bedford, UK has twin steel arches shaped like butterfly wings that provide an open yet contained feeling on the deck. Won in a 1995 competition, the bridge's design encourages riverfront renewal and serves as a new landmark, with its arches reflecting a nearby 1888 footbridge. Its extended deck areas on both banks improve accessibility and engagement with surrounding open spaces, and its structure is meant to function as an informal viewing area during annual rowing regattas on the River Ouse.

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    The Butterfly Bridge in Bedford, UK has twin steel arches shaped like butterfly wings that provide an open yet contained feeling on the deck. Won in a 1995 competition, the bridge's design encourages riverfront renewal and serves as a new landmark, with its arches reflecting a nearby 1888 footbridge. Its extended deck areas on both banks improve accessibility and engagement with surrounding open spaces, and its structure is meant to function as an informal viewing area during annual rowing regattas on the River Ouse.

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    218pp Butterfly Bridge

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    The Butterfly Bridge in Bedford, UK has twin steel arches shaped like butterfly wings that provide an open yet contained feeling on the deck. Won in a 1995 competition, the bridge's design encourages riverfront renewal and serves as a new landmark, with its arches reflecting a nearby 1888 footbridge. Its extended deck areas on both banks improve accessibility and engagement with surrounding open spaces, and its structure is meant to function as an informal viewing area during annual rowing regattas on the River Ouse.

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    Butterfly Bridge

    The arches of this footbridge across the River Ouse in


    Bedford reflect the similar curves of JJ Websters elegant
    1888 footbridge nearby. Won in competition in 1995, the brief
    was to encourage a renaissance of the river embankments
    and act as a new landmark for the town.
    The bridge, at 32m in span, has twin steel arches which
    are inclined like butterfly wings to produce a feeling of
    containment on the deck and, simultaneously, an openness
    to the sky. The deck extends onto the landscaped banks at
    each end to engage with the open space around the bridge
    and enable step-free access, with longitudinal deck lighting
    concealed at kicker level within the parapets. The bridge is
    designed to create an inviting spectator platform and informal
    grandstand during Bedfords annual regatta.

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    Location: Bedford, UK
    Client: Bedford Borough Council
    Architect: Wilkinson Eyre Architects
    Structural Engineer: Jan Bobrowski & Partners
    Span: 32m
    Value: 375k
    Completed: May 1997

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