SINGAPORE: The world’s first double helix curved bridge in Marina Bay will open to the public this Saturday (April 24) at 9.30pm.
The pedestrian bridge is set to transform Singapore’s city landscape, and serve as a key link to the second integrated resort, Marina Bay Sands.
A walk along this 280—metre long bridge promises to be a treat to an architectural marvel that took two years to complete.
It has not been given a name yet.
But it’ll be well—known — as an engineering feat that’s assembled with great precision, using a special stainless steel to withstand corrosion.
The steel tubes form the minor and major helix that spiral in opposite directions. In fact, if all the steel tubes forming the major and minor helix are laid end to end, it will measure 2,250 metres long — almost the length of the 2.4 kilometres fitness run.
The pedestrian bridge is centrally located just beside the floating platform at Marina Bay. And in the future, it will offer you a direct link to the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort.
It will probably take less than five minutes to walk the entire length of the bridge. While doing so, one will be able to admire the city skyline and the entire structure of the bridge.
The link to Marina Bay Sands integrated resort is still cordoned for now. It will open when Phase 2 of the IR opens this June.
Fun Siew Leng, Group Director of Urban Planning and Design, Urban Redevelopment Authority, says: "In terms of people coming by the MRT, the promenade station has just been opened, so people coming from the station can get to the bay front avenue through the pedestrian bridge.
"And when the Promenade is completed by the middle of this year, together with this bridge, it will form a 3.5—kilometre pedestrian loop around the whole bay."
When the lights come on at night, the bridge will take on a different look.
The lighting feature can be programmed to create various moods for different celebrations.
At its entrance is Singapore’s first art park — the Youth Olympic Park — where works sit as a symbol of the inaugural games this August.
Motorists will be able to use a new vehicular bridge, just beside the double helix bridge, from 3pm on Sunday (April 25).
Both bridges and the Youth Olympic Park will officially open at 8pm on Saturday, complete with performances and pyrotechnic display.
The total cost for all 3 new features is about $82.9 million.
The pedestrian bridge is set to transform Singapore’s city landscape, and serve as a key link to the second integrated resort, Marina Bay Sands.
A walk along this 280—metre long bridge promises to be a treat to an architectural marvel that took two years to complete.
It has not been given a name yet.
But it’ll be well—known — as an engineering feat that’s assembled with great precision, using a special stainless steel to withstand corrosion.
The steel tubes form the minor and major helix that spiral in opposite directions. In fact, if all the steel tubes forming the major and minor helix are laid end to end, it will measure 2,250 metres long — almost the length of the 2.4 kilometres fitness run.
The pedestrian bridge is centrally located just beside the floating platform at Marina Bay. And in the future, it will offer you a direct link to the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort.
It will probably take less than five minutes to walk the entire length of the bridge. While doing so, one will be able to admire the city skyline and the entire structure of the bridge.
The link to Marina Bay Sands integrated resort is still cordoned for now. It will open when Phase 2 of the IR opens this June.
Fun Siew Leng, Group Director of Urban Planning and Design, Urban Redevelopment Authority, says: "In terms of people coming by the MRT, the promenade station has just been opened, so people coming from the station can get to the bay front avenue through the pedestrian bridge.
"And when the Promenade is completed by the middle of this year, together with this bridge, it will form a 3.5—kilometre pedestrian loop around the whole bay."
When the lights come on at night, the bridge will take on a different look.
The lighting feature can be programmed to create various moods for different celebrations.
At its entrance is Singapore’s first art park — the Youth Olympic Park — where works sit as a symbol of the inaugural games this August.
Motorists will be able to use a new vehicular bridge, just beside the double helix bridge, from 3pm on Sunday (April 25).
Both bridges and the Youth Olympic Park will officially open at 8pm on Saturday, complete with performances and pyrotechnic display.
The total cost for all 3 new features is about $82.9 million.
