The curving forms stretching from both sides of a railyard in the city of Colorado Springs connect the US Olympic & Paralympic Museum, a work of Diller Scofidio + Renfro that opened in 2020, to America the Beautiful Park. Also designed by DS+R, the 76-meter-long curved steel structure is inspired by the gravity-defying way that athletes move. At its 7-meter widest, an oculus at either side of the bridge frames views of the surroundings. At night, lighting along the bridge gives a sense of speed and movement while providing illumination for pedestrians and cyclists. Combining concrete with structural elements of steel and cables of stainless steel, the 550-ton bridge is composed of prefabricated modules. The sections were assembled on the site in eight hours, in a carefully planned process meant to minimize the downtime of the train tracks.

AV Monografías 221: Diller Scofidio + Renfro