Abstract
For many years, Bridges to Prosperity has been trying to improve people’s lives in the isolated communities throughout the world by building footbridges. In this concept, recently Ramboll UK and IABSE Foundation has teamed up to realize a suspended footbridge project located in the eastern Uganda. A multi-national team of structural engineers travelled to site to construct the bridge together with the local community. In this paper, the suspended bridge design that enables the use of basic materials and the construction methods developed considering the available limited resources is presented.
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Bridges to Prosperity Bridge Builder Manual, 5th Edition, Denver CO, USA
Bridges to Prosperity - Namawukulu Suspended Bridge Design Drawings, Denver CO, USA
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The authors, would like to thank Bridges to Prosperity, Ramboll UK and IABSE Foundation for making the project possible and the volunteers Eduardo Leach, Tim Prosser, Wojciech Szewczak, Ed Fraser, Spas Ivanov, Alberto Turco, Sabrina Taffarel for volunteering and putting intense effort to finish the construction on time and companies Bridgewiz, Bolina and Schimetta for providing volunteers for the IABSE Team.
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Durukan, S., Echegaray, X. (2021). Construction of Namawukulu Footbridge in Uganda. In: Gülkan, P., Caner, A., Memisoglu Apaydin, N. (eds) Developments in International Bridge Engineering. Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic, vol 17. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59169-4_18
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