Architecture
5 of the Most Innovative Bridges Being Built Right Now
These bridges all have something in common: bold and forward-thinking design
In a century that is seeing skyscrapers pushing vertical limits and 3-D printing transforming both design and engineering, it’s easy to look past the innovative bridges being built across the globe. Although their function—getting passengers from one point to another—may be mundane, the structures that are designed for that purpose are oftentimes anything but ordinary. From Zaha Hadid’s Danjiang Bridge spanning the Tamsui River in Taiwan to the Garden Bridge over London’s Thames by Thomas Weatherwick, AD covers five of the most ambitious and inventive bridges being built around the world right now.