OMA, OLIN move forward with interlocking bridge design in Washington, D.C.

A design team led by the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), landscape architects OLIN, and structural engineers WRA has completed preliminary plans for the new 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington, D.C. Aerial view of the bridge. mage courtesy of Luxigon / OMA. Made up of two interlocking runways that meet to create a series of covered outdoor spaces, the bridge park links two sides of the Anacostia river that are currently only connected by highway overpasses. Like other recent active bridge designs, the overpass creates habitable green spaces along the ground below the bridge while also creating new overlooks and usable spaces along the span of the bridge itself.  According to a press release from OMA, plans for the bridge were reviewed and approved by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) in early April. Late last year, The Bridge Park also ”received positive feedback from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and is planning a presentation to the full Commission th...