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Structure-ID: s0003935
Created on: 06/23/02
Modified on: 03/13/04


Miho Museum Footbridge

Completed in: 1997
Status: in use
Location: Shigaraki, Shiga, Japan
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
inclined pylon, harp arrangement
Function / usage:
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Ieoh Ming Pei

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Shumei Culture Foundation
Architecture Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP
Consulting engineers Aoki Corporation
  Leslie E. Robertson & Associates, R.L.L.P.
  Nakata & Associates
  Whole Force Studio
Main contractor Shimizu Corporation
Steel construction Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Subcontractor Sumitomo Construction

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel
pylon  steel
deck  steel
Dimensions
  span 120 m
deck   deck width 7.5 m
Quantities used in construction
  structural steel 420 t

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External LinkIABSE: Outstanding structure award: Miho Museum Bridge English

Relevant Literature
* Pearce, Martin   Bridge Builders, Wiley, ISBN 047149786X, 2002; pp. 144-147.
* Robertson, Leslie E.   A Life in Structural Engineering, in Seven Structural Engineers ; pp. 66-85.
* Ruiz Terán, Ana María   Puentes atirantados no convencionales (thesis), Santander (Spain) , 2005.
* Takenouchi, K.   Function and development of pedestrian bridges in Japan, presented at Footbridge 2002, Paris, 20-22.11.2002.
* Watanabe, Y.   Miho Museum Bridge, Shigaraki, Japan, in "Structural Engineering International", November 2002, n. 4 v. 12 .
* Wells, Matthew   30 Bridges, Laurence King, ISBN 1856692175, 2002; pp. 148-151.
* Wells, Matthew   30 Brücken, Callwey Verlag, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3766715011; pp. 148-151.

 
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