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Rapas Pedestrian Bridge in Toulouse
11 Feb 2022
Design: Grimshaw
Location: Toulouse, southern France

Rapas Pedestrian Bridge, France
Grimshaw wins competition to design Rapas Pedestrian Bridge in Toulouse
International architecture practice Grimshaw, in partnership with Eiffage, leading the design team and Ingerop, ppa.architectures, ATP and Quartier Lumi̬res, has won the competition to design Rapas pedestrian bridge in Toulouse in the south of France. The bridge is one of two bridges, announced as winners of the design competition led by Toulouse Metropole, that will serve to better connect pedestrians and cyclists to the regenerated Ile de Ramier Рthe new ?green lung? for the city on the river Garonne.
Connecting to the north of the island from the Fer à Cheval quarter the Rapas bridge spans 160-metres across the river. On the city side the bridge links directly to the embankment with access to the river promenade and the city cycle route and connects to the light rail station Avenue du Muret – Marcel Cavaillé. On the island side, guided by the levels of the land and limiting its impact on landscape, the bridge descends into the park via a 360O sloping concrete ramp and stairway, designed to mitigate against potential flooding from the river.
Defining the bridge is the 60-metre inverted V-shaped steel mast supporting the cable-stayed bridge. Appearing to emerge from the...