Carroll Creek Park Safety & Security Mesh for Fall Protection

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System: MeshDefense
Attachment Method: Eclipse™
Metal Fabric Pattern : Mid-Balance

Project: Carroll Creek Pedestrian Bridge

Location: Frederick, MD

Architect: HNTB Architecture, Inc, New York, NY

Facility Owner: City of Frederick

Contractor/Fabricator/Installer: Antietam Metals, Hagerstown, MD
Facility End Use: Pedestrian Bridge
Renovation or New Construction: New Construction
Completion Date: June 2006

Project Details: Phase I of a $30 million downtown revival and expansion of Carroll Creek Park has reached completion in Frederick, MD. The park project includes new home, office and retail construction along a brick-lined public walkway, as well as a 400-seat amphitheater, a gazebo for picnics and three new pedestrian bridges. After devastating floods in the 70s, a $60 million flood-control project put the creek safely underground, leaving a 1.3 mile manmade channel with 40-foot wide concrete banks. In April 2005 construction and landscaping have transformed the corridor into a brick-lined promenade. One of the three new pedestrian bridges constructed in the park includes a single-column suspension bridge. Cambridge Architectural’s Security & Safety mesh system was installed for the bridge railings to provide an aesthetically pleasing method of fall protection for pedestrians, capable of supporting a person’s full weight and prohibiting falls. Cambridge’s stainless steel Mid-Balance metal fabric pattern and Eclipse tension attachment hardware creates the Security & Safety mesh system, which features 52% open area. This design element adds texture and interest to the bridge, while maintaining functionality.

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