A bicycle bridge requires more than just a strong design. Comfort, safety, load-bearing capacity, and service life determine the bridge’s quality. That is why we design, engineer, manufacture, and install custom bicycle bridges made of steel, wood, and composite materials, always selecting the most suitable materials for your project.
Our experts provide advice on the best materials to use for the bridge’s construction.
Applications for Bicycle Bridges
Bridging a missing link in an F-route.
Cross a canal, stream, or pond without taking a detour.
A safe route to school away from traffic.
Replacing a dangerous railroad crossing with a safe bike path.
The network of bike highways is growing rapidly. Bike bridges often serve as the missing link for safely and comfortably crossing waterways, rail lines, and roads. BestBridges gets involved from the very first sketch and provides advice on route alignment, gradient, material selection, engineering, and budget.
Composite, steel, or wooden bicycle bridges
Wood is a natural building material with a warm appearance that stores CO₂ as it grows. With the right choice of hardwood species, thoughtful design, and periodic maintenance, it offers a long service life and blends harmoniously into both natural and urban environments.
Composite is an innovative fiber-reinforced building material that does not rot, does not corrode, and requires little maintenance. Thanks to its low weight, long service life, and high durability, it is particularly well-suited for use in challenging environments.
Steel is a strong and versatile building material that is ideal for slender structures and long spans. Thanks to its high load-bearing capacity, proper preservation, and periodic maintenance, it offers a long service life and reliable performance.
BestBridges LAB evaluates your bicycle bridge for feasibility, practicality, and cost.
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Custom-made bike bridges?
Send us your preliminary design or idea. You’ll receive an initial assessment of feasibility and budget. This way, you can start the bidding process with fewer worries.
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While calculating that, we follow the local guidelines set forth in the Vademecum Fietsvoorzieningen and the client’s project-specific requirements. Thanks to our parametric design approach, you are not limited to standard widths, and we can quickly configure each bicycle bridge to be fully tailored to its intended use and location.
Depending on the project, you can choose between a single-span solution of approximately 30 to 40 meters or a multi-span configuration. BestBridges has already designed bridges with total lengths exceeding 200 meters. The optimal solution is determined by the desired slenderness ratio, available space, foundations, loads, maintenance, aesthetics, and the available budget. Thanks to our parametric design approach, we tailor each bridge to the specific requirements of the project, without being limited to a standard span.
Composite generally requires the least maintenance, while wood and steel require periodic maintenance depending on the choice of material and finish. At BestBridges, we compare the maintenance requirements, service life, investment costs, and aesthetics of each material so that you can make an informed, material-neutral choice.
In many projects, we take maintenance vehicles, emergency services, or other service vehicles into account as early as the design phase, depending on the client’s requirements. A bridge can be designed for light maintenance vehicles, but just as easily for a fire truck or garbage truck. In this way, we always tailor the design and load-bearing capacity to the intended use, the client’s future needs, and the surrounding environment.
On average, we estimate 2 to 4 weeks for design, engineering, and structural analysis, followed by 4 to 12 weeks for production and delivery. Thanks to our parametric design approach, we can quickly configure various bridge options, giving the client insight into the design, technical details, and budgetary impact at an early stage. From design to installation, the total lead time is typically 2 to 4 months, with BestBridges handling the entire process from design and engineering through delivery and installation.
A pedestrian bridge should not only be safe and functional, but also fit beautifully into its surroundings. BestBridges designs, engineers, produces, and installs pedestrian bridges in composite, wood, and steel, with attention to accessibility, durability, and maintenance.
The ideal solution. The modular steel-composite structure is prefabricated off-site and installed quickly, with minimal on-site time and disruption. Suitable for heavy traffic, in both temporary and permanent applications.
Boardwalks create safe and accessible passages in nature reserves, parks, and water zones, while protecting the ground beneath from erosion and damage.
