The Brickpit Ring Bridge in Sydney Olympic Parklands, Australia is a 550m circular aerial walkway 18.5m above an excavated shale and limestone quarry. It consists of a 2.4m wide steel ring supported by 26 vertical footings placed at 20m intervals around the quarry floor. The bridge deck is made of 150mm hollow core concrete planks on a steel frame structure, and is supported by a braced cruciform structure with cables and a modular aluminum panel system.

1. BRICKPIT RING BRIDGE,
Sydney Olympic Parklands, Australia
AN AERIAL WALKWAY AND OUTDOOR EXHIBITION

2. EXCAVATED LAYERS OF SHALE WITH
LIMESTONE QUARRY BELOW
ICONIC STRUCTUR IN HARMONY WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

3. •550m CIRCUMFERENCE
•2.4m STEEL RING
•ELEVATED 18.5m
•RESTS ON 26 VERTICAL
FOOTINGS
•FOOTINGS AT 20m INTERVAL
ON THE FLOOR OF THE
BRICKPIT TO HOLD THE RING IN
PLACE

4. BRIDGE ACCESS

5. BRIDGE SUPPORT

6. SUPPORT
150mm DEEP HOLLOW CORE CONCRETE PLANK DECKING ON A STEEL FRAME –STANDARD GRAY
AND OFF-WHITE COLOUR

7. BRACED CRUCIFORM STRUCTURE WITH CABLES

8. MODULAR ALUMINIUM PANEL SYSTEM