Parking Garage Bridge
Wells Fargo Building
Salt Lake City, Utah
| Terri Meyer Boake BES BArch MArch LEED AP Professor :: School of Architecture :: University of Waterloo |
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Parking Garage Bridge Wells Fargo Building Salt Lake City, Utah
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This is the pedestrian bridge that connects the Wells Fargo Office Building (tallest building in Salt Lake City) to its parking facility. It uses large curved tubular steel supports, tension attachments, structural glass and a glazed floor. |
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View
looking down side street towards bridge. |
View
up bridge highlighting the stabilizing cables that attach the outer to
inner tubular steel rings. |
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View
up the tubular steel support. |
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structural glass enclosure sits beneath/inside the structure. |
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concrete foundation supports. |
View
towards parking garage, underneath the bridge. |
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View towards
the Wells Fargo Tower, ground floor entrance. |
Inside the
glass enclosure of the bridge. |
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The heating
system is incorporated into the base detail of the glass |
View towards
the Wells Fargo tower, the glass block florr visible. |
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Connections
in stainless steel join the structural glass fins. |
Stainless
steel connection and "spider glass" joint variation. |
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View out
to the fine tension connectors. |
Underside
of the bridge showing support system and glass block floor. |
These images are for educational use only and may not be reproduced commercially without written permission. tboake@sympatico.ca |
Updated February 11, 2021
