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Saint Alkmund's Way Footbridge is a replacement cycle and footbridge in
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, 2009, accessed January 2011 as they both draw inspiration from the Silk Mill and use its heritage as inspiration. Derby Councillor Chris Wynn, cabinet member for planning and highways, said "The design with the bobbins and billowing silk idea will tie in well with the Silk Mill and I think this will be very exciting when it comes to fruition."Derby Evening Telegraph, 7 April 2007
The bridge took fourteen weeks to construct, is wider than its predecessor and designed to take cycles and pedestrians. Although a shortage of steel meant that some of the design features and the lighting were not installed when it was nominally complete in October 2007.
Derby
Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gain ...
, England over the A601 (St Alkmund's Way). The 2007 design includes sculptures of silk bobbins at its entrance and exit that are inspired by the nearby Silk Mill museum.
Description
In 2007 Derby City Council demolished and rebuilt the footbridge over St Alkmund's Way to link the city centre with St Mary's Church. It is one of Derby's most-seen bridges and the council worked with Public Artist Denis O'conner and T4 sustainability to design more aesthetically pleasing solution, viewed by an estimated 1,500 pedestrian and 70,000 motorists every day. Funding came from Derby City Council, theDepartment for Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The ...
and the Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership. The final cost was £1.3 million, and the council's contribution was part of a £2 million overspend on highways in 2007.
The bridge design was inspired by the traditional silk route through the city and has given inspiration to the Cathedral Green Footbridge
The Cathedral Green Footbridge is a pedestrian and cycle swing bridge in the centre of Derby, spanning the River Derwent. It forms a third side to a triangle between The Cathedral and the Silk Mill Museum.
The bridge and adjacent re-landsc ...
, with its needle-shaped mast,, 2009, accessed January 2011 as they both draw inspiration from the Silk Mill and use its heritage as inspiration. Derby Councillor Chris Wynn, cabinet member for planning and highways, said "The design with the bobbins and billowing silk idea will tie in well with the Silk Mill and I think this will be very exciting when it comes to fruition."Derby Evening Telegraph, 7 April 2007
The bridge took fourteen weeks to construct, is wider than its predecessor and designed to take cycles and pedestrians. Although a shortage of steel meant that some of the design features and the lighting were not installed when it was nominally complete in October 2007.
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