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KCP&L Utility Bridge
KCP&L Utility Bridge
4400, Front Street, Kansas City, MO, United States
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KCP&L Utility Bridge
4400, Front Street, Kansas City, MO, United States
Unlike many bridges designed to convey people or vehicular traffic, this is a bridge for power.The design challenge was to visually enhance the appearance of the utilitarian bridge from the interstate below and the adjacent $850 million Kansas City Power & Light entertainment district.The structure was clad in dark zinc metal panels that exaggerate the bridges length while giving it an object quality hovering over the highway. To soften its appearance the metal panels have round perforations of various sizes and they are stamped with a texture of varying depths. The perforations, texture and undulating skin was based on a series of electrical “sine waves” representing the power within.To add visual interest at night, it is internally illuminated with a series of programmable LED’s that animate the structure with a sense of energy and power with deep blue pulsating light running the length of the bridge.
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