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Contact
For further information, please contact the following
staff (or click on the contact name for further details):
Sharon
Dawson, Company Administrator
Telephone: 01733 568408
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The Green Wheel - Shanks Millennium Bridge
The
Peterborough Millennium Green Wheel contributes to a sustainable
transport system for Peterborough, and the Shanks Millennium
Bridge over the River Nene at Stanground Washes provides a new
direct, safe and fully off-road link between Peterborough and
Whittlesey for commuter and leisure cyclists, horseriders and
pedestrians.
It also forms part of the National Cycleway Network, making
Peterborough a gateway for routes into East Anglia from the
Midlands and the North.
This outstanding bridge, designed and constructed by Whitby
Bird & Partners, is constructed from weathering steel which
prevents the bridge from corroding and forever eliminates the
requirement for painting. It is manufactured partly from recycled
metal and has been carefully designed to minimise any disturbance
to the birds that live and breed on the Nene Washes.
AWARDS
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Specialist Category Winner in the Royal Fine Art Commission
2001 Building of the Year Awards
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Commendation in the Structural Steel Design Awards
2001
'Judges' comment: 'This is the most beautifully designed
curved box girder bridge in weathering steel that fits
the Fens landscape as if it were a part of it.'
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The bridge has been selected for inclusion in two books:
Bridge Builders, by architects Martin Pearce and Richard
Johnson, reviews 44 of the world's top pedestrian bridges
of the new millennium.
The Institure of Civil Engineers' Little book of Civilisation
[ click here ]
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The Royal Institute of British Architects Award (RIBA)
for Architecture 2003
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The British Horse Society Riders Charter Route Creation
Award for the creation of Bridleway 58/Shanks Bridge
BHS Cambridgeshire Chairman, Frank Haxton, commented at
a presentation to PECT,
'We are delighted to be able to recognise the work done
in accommodating horse riders on the Peterborough Green
Wheel. Shanks Millennium Bridge is more than a striking
piece of architecture as it sweeps across the water; it
is cleverly designed to serve those of restricted mobility,
walkers, cyclists and horse riders alike.'
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