18-05-2023 20:01 via dezeen.com

SOM connects block-long glulam bridge to the High Line

Global architecture studio SOM has installed a block-long timber truss bridge called Timber Bridge, which connects Manhattan's High Line to the renovated Penn Station.
Designed by global studio Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), the 128-ton, two-section, Warren truss bridge was constructed out of glued-laminated timber (glulam), an engineered wood product made by combining multiple smaller pieces, which is capable of supporting large structures.
The 300-foot (92 metre) long bridge is part of th
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