Article source: NEXT Architects

The Melkweg bridge is located in Purmerend, the Netherlands. The bridge is part of the masterplan ‘De Kanaalsprong’ and connects the historic city center with the towns’ new district.

“The aim of the design team was to create a new area with a specific identity, which could work as a connector between the old and the new centre.”

Image Courtesy Jeroen Musch 

• Architects: NEXT Architects
• Project: Melkweg Bridge
• Location: Purmerend, the Netherlands
• Photography: Jeroen Musch, Piet Jonker
• Program: Bridge
• Span: 66 mtr
• Cost / Value: Euro 6.000.000,00
• Status: Completed
• Preliminary design: Sep 2007
• Final design: Nov 2009
• Start building: May 2011
• Completion: Oct 2012
• Client: Municipality of Purmerend
• Collaborator: Ronald Rietveld Landschaparchitectuur
• Advisor construction: Ingenieurs Bureau Amsterdam (IBA), ABT adviesbureau voor Bouwtechniek
• Contractor(s): Van Hattum en Blankevoort
• Main contractor: VSF
• Installations: Istemawa