The Footbridge Award 2008 , which are sponsored by Bridge design & engineering, have been presented at the Footbridge 2008 conference.

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The winners have been chosen by a panel of independent judges who will assess all entries on their merits, and will award a total of six prizes in two categories: aesthetics and technology. Within these categories three prizes
have been given, one for each of three sub-groups: short, medium-span and long-span footbridges.

FINALISTS and AWARDS in alphabetical order:

Aesthetics short span (up to 30m)

Borgo Tossignano Footbridge, Italy (Winner)

The Drachten Wheel, The Netherlands

Sackler Crossing, England

Aesthetics medium span (30m to 75m)

Svratka River Bridge, Czech Republic (Winner)

The Wing, The Netherlands

University of Limerick Living Bridge, Republic of Ireland

Aesthetics long span (over 75m)

Newport City Footbridge, Wales

Simone de Beauvoir Footbridge, France (Winner)

Tri-Countries Bridge, France/Germany

Technical short span (up to 30m)

Baden Baden Footbridge, Germany

Papakura Station Footbridge, New Zealand

Plettenberg Bay Pedestrian Bridge, South Africa (Winner)

Technical medium span (30m to 75m)

Macintosh Island Pedestrian Bridge, Australia

Oosterdoksdraaibrug, The Netherlands

Studenci Footbridge, Slovenia (Winner)

Svratka River Footbridge, Czech Republic (Winner)

Technical long span (over 75m)

Nessebridge Leer, Germany

Passerelle 2006, Italy

Tri-Countries Bridge, France/Germany (Winner)