Aylesbury’s Bourg Walk bridge has won The Institution of Civil Engineers Engineering Excellence Award 2009.
The steel architectural design and build of Bourg Walk bridge and the boulevard was enabled by a Government Community Infrastructure Fund grant of approximately £8 million. More than 100 builders were involved over the period of nearly 15 months using some 380 tonnes of steel and 2,615 tonnes of concrete. The bridge itself is 260 metres long and 4.6 metres wide with a mast which stands 35 metres high.
The first impressions of Aylesbury for rail users and pedestrians from the south of the town is now one of space and light. The new landscaping of the station forecourt, the curved staircases leading to the car park, the graceful curved shape of Bourg Walk bridge and the tree lined access to Friarage Road create a positive environment for able and disabled visitors alike.
Enamelled art work on the walls of the underpass on Great Western Street invites the visitor into the town centre where the new architectural meets with the traditional buildings edging the ‘shared space’ in front of the Travel Information Centre. A journey through change, a journey which epitomises ‘Aylesbury…..(is) a great place to grow’!
