Chiswick Park Footbridge is a

pedestrian bridge A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.''Oxford English Dictionary'' While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a ...

north of Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve in

Chiswick Chiswick ( ) is a district in West London, split between the London Borough of Hounslow, London Boroughs of Hounslow and London Borough of Ealing, Ealing. It contains Hogarth's House, the former residence of the 18th-century English artist Wi ...

, London that connects

Chiswick Business Park Chiswick Business Park is a business park in Gunnersbury, West London, fronting on to Chiswick High Road. History Bus maintenance site The land on which the Chiswick Business Park was built had been owned by the Rothschild family and planted ...

with

Chiswick Park tube station Chiswick Park () is a London Underground station in the Acton Green, London, Acton Green district of Chiswick in West London. The station is served by the District line and is between Turnham Green tube station, Turnham Green and Acton Town tub ...

, crossing a railway line and the adjacent car park.

Construction

The bridge was designed by London-based companies

Expedition Engineering Expedition Engineering is a London-based consulting firm, delivering structural engineering services. History Expedition Engineering was founded in 1999 by Professor Chris Wise (engineer for the Millennium Bridge, London) and Seán Walsh, ...

and Useful Studios. It has three spans of Corten steel, which weathers to a rust-orange colour, requiring no painting. The walking surface is made of hardwood, and the balustrade is of stainless steel. It was constructed by

Lendlease Lendlease is an Australian multinational construction and real estate company, headquartered in Barangaroo, Sydney, New South Wales. History Founding The company was established as Lendlease by Dick Dusseldorp in 1958 to provide finance fo ...

and cost seven million pounds. It opened on 24 January 2019. The bridge won in the best infrastructure category in the 2019 AJ Architecture Awards.

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{{Chiswick Pedestrian bridges in London Bridges completed in 2019 Buildings and structures in Chiswick 2019 establishments in England