The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London.
Moxon Architect’s Greenwich Reach Swing Bridge completes the riverside Thames Path, crossing the mouth of Deptford Creek in South East London. Planned as part of the Greenwich Reach development, the structure provides a crucial piece of public infrastructure within a sensitive part of Central London. The scheme consists of a 44m span cable stayed footbridge with a single mast and a central cable plane. A short 8m back-span contains a counterweight and provides an attachment point for pairs of backstay cables, which support the tip of the mast laterally and longitudinally. The structure is supported on a slewing ring bearing underneath the mast with electric motors to drive the bridge clear of the navigation channel.
*Winner of the best Pedestrian Bridges at Structural Awards 2015
(Architectural photography completed over 1 day, all images copyright Simon Kennedy. If you wish to use any of these images for any purpose please email me at info@simonkennedy.net.)
Greenwich Reach Swing Bridge, Deptford, London
Cable stayed footbridge photographed against Docklands
Single mast architectural detail photography
Exterior photographer, London
Photograph of side profile of central cable plane
External architectural handrail detail photograph
Illuminated bridge at low tide architectural photograph
Night photograph of a jogger on the bridge
Riverside Thames pathway, London
Steel staircase to Bridge
Exterior photograph of bridge at dawn
London Architectural Photographer
Slender architecture photographed against river
Central ring bearing under mast
Leaving the crossing bank side
This is the blog of Simon Kennedy, London Architectural Photographer. If you would like to see more of my work, please visit www.simonkennedy.net
