Timber Pedestrian Bridge in Anaklia, Georgia One of the world‘s longest timber bridges has been built in Anaklia, a climatic spa town on the Eastern shore of the Black Sea. In the begin- ning of 2012, its construction was completed. It is more than 500 m long and connects the hotel and port area with a coastal area that is so far almost unused but will be developed for tourism in the next years. Planning and Prefabrication in Germany A steel bridge construction would have considerably overrun the budget, that‘s why a more cost-saving solu- tion with timber was found. The engineering office Leonhardt, Andrä and Partner (LAP) from Stuttgart, Germany, planned together with HESS TIMBER, a Bavarian glulam manufacturer, the multi-span bridge designed with truss girders consi

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