The Cody Dock Rolling Bridge is a moveable pedestrian bridge in

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at Cody Dock. The bridge is manually rolled using winches to alternate between pedestrian and boat traffic. It crosses a channel that runs from

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to a nearby dock. It was designed by Thomas Randall-Page and Tim Lucas, and built by Cake Industries. The concept for a rectangular rolling frame came from an article titled ''Roads and Wheels'' by mathematician Stan Wagon and an interactive exhibit of square-wheeled

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s at the MoMath museum.

References

External links

Cody Dock website
{{London-struct-stub Pedestrian bridges in London Bridges completed in 2023