Londons Millenium Bridge

(Name (Professor (Course (date

The Millennium Bridge

The Millennium Bridge , one of London 's major attractions , opened on June 10 (David Newland ) after the world observed the passing of the millennium (T .R . Reid . The thin silver bridge was built to link the St Paul 's Cathedral , located on the north bank of the Thames River , and the Globe Theater of Shakespeare on the south part , crossing the width of the Thames River (T .R . Reid . The 29 million (T .R . Reid , 330 meter span connected London with the Tate Modern Gallery

located at Bankside (Urban 75 . Merging adventuresome design ideas , the bridge was framed as a suspension bridge with the cables holding the bridge located underneath rather than above the bridge (T .R . Reid

The design of the bridge at the time was greeted by people in architecture circles as a great achievement to the engineering expertise of the British (T .R . Reid . It was made with the intent of becoming a showcase of the gains of technology at the beginning of the new millennium (University of North Carolina-Charlotte . When it was constructed , the bridge was one of a kind , with no other structure like it (North Carolina-Charlotte . It was so revolutionary that the bridge design won the competition organized by the Southwark Council in 1996 (North Carolina-Charlotte ) and the Financial Times and the British Royal Institute of Architecture (Urban 75

The work on the bridge began in February 1999 on the site of an abandoned jetty for the power facility at Bankside , the jetty being demolished to make way for the construction of the bridge (Urban 75 Using the latest design concepts , the bridge 's pro would be at least six times shallower than the suspension bridge technology currently employed (Urban 75 . As the bridges ' location was a historical site archaeological activities were done before the actual excavation works on either bank of the bridge began (Urban 75 . On the bridges ' opening day , approximately 80 ,000 to 100 ,000 people crossed the span (Urban 75 .The wobble

According to the chief proponent of the construction of the bridge engineering firm Arup , The Company did not prepare that the people walking on the bridge would fall into a synchronized beat (Michael Crosbie . As the bridge swung like a pendulum , the people on the bridge adjusted their walking this further amplified the swinging (T .R . Reid At first , authorities tried to reduce the number of people using the bridge (T .R . Reid . As the swing grew worse , the people on the bridge resembled first-time ice skaters (Cornell University . They would plant their feet wide , swishing left and right to get across (Cornell University

As stated earlier , the rhythmic pace of the bridge crossers was not intentional (Cornell University . Even though the bridge 's design allowed it to compensate for a certain amount of movement , it was clear from the start that something was not right with the bridge (Urban 75 Senior citizens on the bridge clasped firmly on the hand...