2025 will see the completion of some amazing buildings, but few will hold the eye as well as the prestige of the Danjiang Bridge in Taiwan—one of the last projects ever overseen by the legendary Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid.
Dubbed “The Queen of Curves,” Hadid died in 2016, a year following the completion of the bridge’s design plans. It will be the longest single-span, single-mast, cable-stayed bridge in the world.
With the aim of reducing congestion along another bridge across the Tamsui River, the Danjiang Bridge will host dedicated pedestrian, cycling, and roadways, with room to expand a light rail network across its 3,000-foot-long deck.
The bridge seeks to minimize its visual impact on the still-natural estuarine surroundings by using a single concrete mast erected as slenderly as possible. Rising 200 meters—or around 620 feet, it will bear the strain of two separate lines of cables stretching along the span which will wrap around one side of the mast.
This is referred to as an asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge, and the mast’s placement has been selected to avoid interfering with views of the sunset, while also reducing the impact on both the sensitive estuary ecosystem and boat traffic.
According to the late Hadid’s architectural firm, the Danjian Bridge will reduce through traffic by 30% on an existing bridge upriver, helping to improve Taiwan’s northern coastal traffic network while also enhancing accessibility throughout the region with the Port of Taipei and Taoyuan International Airport.
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Personally overseen by Hadid herself, it will be one of the last glimpses of her genius revealed to the world, before she enters fully the annals of the profession’s history.
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