Kupittaan kärki Partnership Project, Turku
We are building a new pedestrian and cycling bridge in Oulu, which will improve the everyday mobility of residents in the area.
We are building a new pedestrian and cycling bridge in Oulu that will allow more diverse use of the river estuary and the area's recreational routes and improve the everyday movement of the area's residents. The bridge will be a visually striking, double-span steel arch bridge connecting the Lipporanta and Vaakunakylä districts.
The bridge was selected in a design competition with a competition entry called Siivenkantama. The bridge is also part of the Oulu 2025 housing fair area.
The bridge will change the urban environment of Oulu, provide places to stop to observe marine nature and facilitate the everyday movement of city residents between the Hietasaari and Tuira districts. The bridge will create a light bird-like figure in the Oulu River estuary landscape as a characteristic of the new residential area of Hartaanselänranta.
The project will involve street and landscaping work, concreting work, supported trenches, anchoring work, and piling. The useful width of the bridge is 4.5 m. It will be illuminated with special lighting. The Hartaansaari boat lane passes under it. Work started in the summer of 2023, and the bridge is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2025.