The Ward to Downtown Pedestrian Bridge
Wellington St.
Metalworks
Arthur St.
NMacd
onell
St.
Woolwich St.
Wellington St.
Neeve St.
downtown the ward
Site Plan Context Site Plan
Meeting Place
Gateway The Best View
Linking
Macdonell St.
Plaza
Railing
Macdonell St. Rail Viaduct Above
Allan’s Dam
Guelph Junction
Railway Bridge
Pedestrian Bridge
Speed River
Allan’s Mill Ruins
Heritage ParkExisting Sidewalk
MetalWorksDistillery
New Shared TrailExisting Asphalt Trail
Existing Path
SafetyFence
SafetyFence
Connection toRiverwalk Trail
The Ward to Downtown Pedestrian BridgeSection Looking East
Features• Solid North side and open to view on
South side
• Bridge with lookout area
• Bench at lookout
• Design integrated into bridge structure
• Cantilever box girder structure
• Approach railings as “sentinels” for bridge
• Cable mesh/expanded mesh railing
Panoramic View from the South
Bridge View from the North
Cable Mesh Precedents
Cable Mesh
Cable Mesh
Weathering Steel Post
Lighting
Safety Fence Between GJR and Trail
Weathering Steel Box Girder
Cable Mesh Railing on Box Girder
Safety Fence Between GJR and Trail
Heritage Building inBackground
Weathering Steel Box Girder
Deck
New Bridge Abutment - West Side
Existing Steel GJR Bridge Abutment in Foreground
Existing Stone GJR Bridge Abutment in Foreground
New Bridge Abutment - East Side
Speed River
Structure
Bench
Snow
Cen
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The Ward to Downtown Pedestrian Bridge
Bench Precedents Lighting Precedents
Material Precedents
Interior View Looking East - Day
Interior View Looking East - Night
Planting Palette
Wellington St.
Existing Sidewalk
Existing Path
N
Existing ViaductAbutment
Existing Crosswalk
Entry Plaza and Bridge Plan
Steel and Wood Bench
Speed River
Allan’s Mill Ruins
Cable Mesh Railing
Planting
Asphalt Paving
Aggregated ConcretePaving
Steel and Wood Bench
Cable Mesh Railing with
Lighting
Concrete Paving
Guelph Junction
Railway Bridge
Pedestrian Bridge
Macdonell St.
Macdonell St. Rail Viaduct Above
Plaza
Steel BoxGirder
SafetyFence
Sod
Planting
Planting
MetalWorksDistillery