Tank Street Bridge in Brisbane

Architects: Baulderstone Hornibrook Queensland & Cox Rayner Architects

Location: Brisbane, Australia

Design year: 2007

Construction year: 2008-2009

Structural Engineer: Baulderstone Hornibrook Queensland Pty Ltd and ARUP Engineers

Budget: $63,3 million

Images: Cox Rayner Architects

Tank Street Bridge in Brisbane will be the first large scale tensegrity bridge, tensegrity structures are a special category of cable structures, which are defined as systems composed of compression components inside of a continuum of tension components in a stable self-stressed state. This lightweight structures offer higher resistance than other systems of the same weight. The bridge is part of the City Centre Master Plan 2006, it will link the city center to South Brisbane, the construction is expected to be completed by September 2009. Source