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Butterfly Bridge
What: Cable-stayed double arch Top Trump Scores
Where: Bedford, England
Who: Engineer: Year Built 1997
Jan Bobrowski & Partners
Architect: Wilkinson Eyre Clear span 32m
How: Steel
Total length 32m
Fact
Ingenuity 3
The two steel arches of the Butterfly
Bridge reflect the curves of JJ Beauty 4
Webster’s 1888 footbridge nearby.
The bridge created a new landmark
for Bedford and becomes a viewing
platform during its annual regatta.
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Media City Footbridge
What: Cable-stayed / Swing Top Trump Scores
Where: Salford, England
Who: Engineer: Ramboll Year Built 2011
(formerly Gifford)
Architect: Wilkinson Eyre Clear span 65m
How: Steel
Total length 83m
Fact
Ingenuity 4
Linking Media City in Salford with
Trafford Wharf over the Manchester Beauty 3
Ship Canal, this swing-mechanism
footbridge uses asymmetric cable-
stays with their anchor points
adapted into seating.
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Millau Viaduct
What: Cable-stayed Top Trump Scores
Where: Millau, France
Who: Engineer: Michel Virlogeux Year Built 2004
Architect: Foster + Partners
How: Steel, concrete Clear span 342m
Fact Total length 2460m
This is a recording breaking vehicular
bridge: it is the world’s tallest bridge, Ingenuity 5
with one mast reaching a height of
343m. It supersedes the Eiffel Tower Beauty 5
as the tallest structure in France and
on certain days appears to float on
the clouds.
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University of Limerick: Living Bridge
What: Cable Top Trump Scores
Where: Limerick, Ireland
Who: Engineer: Arup Year Built 2008
Architect: Wilkinson Eyre
Clear span 44m
How: Steel
Total length 350m
File information
Creating a ‘living link’ between the Ingenuity 5
established and developing campuses
either side of the River Shannon, it’s Beauty 4
minimalist form has enabled the bridge
to blend seamlessly into the natural
beauty of it’s domain.
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Vasco da Gama Bridge
What: Cable-stayed Top Trump Scores
Where: Lisbon, Portugal
Who: Armando Rito , Year Built 1998
Michel Virlogeux
Clear span 420m
How: Steel, concrete
Total length 17,200m
Fact
Standing at 10.7 miles (17.2 km), this Ingenuity 4
is the longest bridge in Europe. It is
cable-stayed with viaducts that span Beauty 3
the Tagus River near Lisbon. It is
designed to withstand winds of up to
250 km/h.
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Second Severn Crossing
What: Cable-stayed Top Trump Scores
Where: Wales and England
Who: W.S. Atkins Year Built 1996
Maunsell & Partners
Clear span 456m
How: Steel, concrete
Fact
Total length 5128m
Much of the Severn estuary is Ingenuity 4
mudflats at low tide, but has a tidal
range of 14.5 metres. This presented Beauty 3
the engineers with a unique set of
constraints with work being scheduled
and completed at low tide.
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Langkawi Sky Bridge
What: Cable-stayed Top Trump Scores
Where: Malaysia
Who: Wyss Planning Year Built 2005
Consulting
Clear span 125m
How: Steel
Total length 125m
Fact
Located 700 metres above sea level at Ingenuity 5
the peak of Gunung Mat Chinchang
on Pulau Langkawi Island, this curved Beauty 4
pedestrian bridge was helicoptered
to the site in pieces before being
assembled. It is held in place by cables
from a single 82m high pylon.
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Baluarte Bridge
What: Cable -stayed Top Trump Scores
Where: Durango, Mexico
Who: Grupa Triada Tradeco Year Built 2013
Infraestructura, IDINSA,
Aceros Corey , VSL México Clear span 520m
How: Steel , concrete
Total length 1124m
Fact
It is the highest cable-stayed bridge Ingenuity 4
in the world, crossing a rocky ravine
known locally as the ‘devil’s backbone’. Beauty 4
It is part of a modern transportation link
connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the
Pacific Ocean hoped to bring prosperity
to the area.
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Kurilpa
What: Tensegrity Cable-stayed Top Trump Scores
Where: Brisbane, Australia
Who: Engineer: Arup Year Built 2009
Architect: Cox Rayner
How: Steel Clear span 120m

Fact
Total length 470m
Richard Buckminster Fuller coined Ingenuity 4
the term ‘tensegrity’ to describe a
system of balanced compressive and Beauty 3
tensile forces. The Kurilpa is the largest
structure to adopt these principles,
creating a lightweight yet strong bridge.
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Royal Victoria Dock Bridge
What: Cable Stayed / Top Trump Scores
Inverted Fink Truss
Where: London, England Year Built 1998
Who: Engineer: Techniker
Architect: Lifschutz
Clear span 127.5m
Davidson Sandilands
Total length 150m
How: Steel
Fact Ingenuity 5
The 15m high bridge deck with stair
and lift pedestrian access allows Beauty 4
tall boats to pass underneath. The
structure allows for future installation
of a gondola, transforming it into a
transporter bridge.
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Pont de Normandie
What: Cable-stayed Top Trump Scores
Where: Le Havre, France
Who: Engineer: Bernard Raspaud. Year Built 1995
Architect: Charles Lavigne
How: Steel , concrete Clear span 856m

Total length 2143m

Fact
At its completion it briefly held the Ingenuity 4
record as the longest cable-stayed
bridge in the world, and had the Beauty 4
longest distance between piers for any
bridge of that type. It used more than
70,000 cubic metres of concrete and
over 19,000 tonnes of steel to build it.
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Miho Museum Footbridge
What: Cable-stayed Top Trump Scores
Where: Shigaraki, Shiga, Japan
Who: Engineer: Year Built 1997
Dr. Leslie E. Robertson
Architect: I M Pei
Clear span 120 m
How: Steel Total length 120 m
Fact
Ingenuity 4
The footbridge is a combination of
cantilevered, cable-stayed and post- Beauty 4
tensioned design creating a shallow
depth of 2m. The bridge provides a
transition from a nature reserve to the
museum entrance.
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Øresund Bridge
What: Cable-stayed Top Trump Scores
Where: Copenhagen, Denmark
and Malmö, Sweden Year Built 2000
Who: Engineer: Arup
Architect: Georg Rotner Clear span 490m
How: Steel , concrete
Total length 8000m
Fact
Ingenuity 5
The Øresund Link is a 16km road and
rail link split into three parts: a bridge,
an artificial island and a tunnel. The
Beauty 4
bridge has two decks: vehicular on
the upper, rail on the lower deck. The
490m span is the longest in the world
to carry both decks.
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Stonecutters Bridge
What: Cable-stayed Top Trump Scores
Where: Kwai Chung, Hong Kong
Who: Engineer: Arup Year Built 2009
Architect: Dissing+Weitling
How: Steel , concrete Clear span 1018m

Fact
Total length 1600m
There is a clearance of over 73m under Ingenuity 4
this rail and road bridge to allow large
shipping vessels to pass underneath. Beauty 4
The design included mitigation against
ship impact as well as strong typhoon
wind and had to be constructed with
minimal impact to shipping traffic.
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Queensferry Crossing
What: Cable-stayed Top Trump Scores
Where: Forth River,
East Scotland Year Built 2016
Who: Arup,
Clear span 650m
Jacobs Engineering
How: Concrete, steel Total length 2700m
Fact Ingenuity 4
The bridges overlapping cables
secure the deck and avoid the need Beauty 4
for a larger and stronger central
tower, common to other cable-
stayed designs.
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Spinningfields Footbridge
What: Cable (underslung catenary) Top Trump Scores
Where: Manchester & Salford
Who: Ramboll Year Built 2012
(formerly whitbybird)
Clear span 44m
How: Steel
Total length 52m
Fact Ingenuity 4
Originally assembled offsite, this
pedestrian footbridge was cut into Beauty 5
three sections, transported and
welded back together.