Composite bridge parts – Burgemeester Letschert Brug

Composite Panels on bridge sections – Burgemeester Letschert Brug in Tilburg – In 2009, Queeste architecten won the tender for a new bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal in Tilburg. The design gives shape to the request to build a special bridge in a landscape valuable area. Attention to the ecological value and the significance of the landscape were therefore the starting point for the design process.

The bridge consists of a composition of three separate bridge sections: a traffic bridge consisting of two identical bridge sections and an eco-bridge. The bridge is clad with a soft green plating of composite panels with a wavy fiber structure.

The traffic bridge is situated on two rows of columns. The eco-bridge is supported by an elegantly designed pylon. The bridge creates new connections between water, nature and landscape. This is visible both in the surrounding landscape and from the new bridge. It is not the bridge that is in the foreground, but the experience of the landscape.

The bridge supports the explicit ambitions that the municipality of Tilburg has for the 21st century with regard to sustainability, innovation and strengthening the landscape quality. On 16 May 2012, a bridge was festively opened and it was given the name Burgemeester Letschertbrug.

Development, production, transport and assembly of the composite Raficlad panels / bridge parts by Holland Composites.