Tbilisi pedestrian Peace Bridge, which runs over the Mtkvari River which
total length is 156 meters, hit the Top-13 most unusual bridges in the
world.
Pedestrian Bridge World, connecting Old Tbilisi with new neighborhoods -
one of the most significant buildings of the Georgian capital. Bridge
with a roof of glass panels in the spirit of Norman Foster designed by
Italian architect Michele De Lucchi with French designer- illuminator
Philippe Martineau.
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| The Bridge of Peace is a bow-shaped pedestrian bridge over the Kura River in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. Photo — Link |
In the design of the bridge built in an interesting system of
illumination: in the evening and night time every hour 30,000 bulbs
translate Morse code message, visible to both of parapets of the bridge.
It is composed of the names of the periodic table of elements of
Mendeleev from which a human body consists. According to the architect,"
this message -is the anthem of life and peace among people and
nations". Many compared the construction of this bridge to the
construction the Eiffel Tower, which connected at one time high-tech
architecture and monuments and thus change the architectural appearance
of the whole of Paris.
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| The bridge was designed by the Italian architect Michele De Lucchi. Photo — Link |
In the top-13 most unusual bridges also were Leonardo da Vinci brua
(Norway), Royal Gorge Bridge (USA), Storseisundet bru (Norway),
Slauerhoffbrug (Netherlands), Gateshead Millennium Bridge (UK),
Wasserstraßenkreuz Magdeburg (Germany), Langkawi Sky Bridge (Malaysia),
Rolling Bridge (UK), Henderson Waves (Singapore), Gesher Ha-Meitarim
(Israel), Pont Gustave-Flaubert (France), Moses Bridge (Netherlands).
