ZHA designs world’s longest single-tower cable-stayed bridge

When you have the world’s zaniest lady architect, Zaha Hadid designing a seemingly simple cable-stayed bridge, you ought to look again! This one – the new Danjiang Bridge in Taipei proposes to be the world’s longest single-tower, asymmetric cable-stayed bridge.  Zaha Hadid Architects, working with Leonhardt, Andrä & Partner and Sinotech Engineering Consultants, have won the international competition to design the new Danjiang Bridge in Taipei for the Directorate General of Highways, Taiwan. The cable-stayed bridge design minimises its visual impact by using only one concrete structural mast to support the 920m road, rail and pedestrian deck made from steel. […]