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A footbridge is a bridge designed for pedestrians rather than vehicular traffic. An enclosed footbridge between two buildings is sometimes known as a skyway.

Footbridges are often situated to allow pedestrians to cross water or railways in areas where there are no nearby roads to necessitate a road bridge, and also across busy roads to let pedestrians cross safely without slowing down the traffic. The latter is a type of pedestrian separation structure, examples of which are particularly found near schools, to help prevent children running in front of moving cars.

Small footbridges can also be used for decorative effect in ornamental gardens.

Examples include:

• The Bank Bridge and the Bridge of Four Lions in Saint Petersburg
• The Capilano Suspension Bridge in British Columbia
• The Chain of Rocks Bridge near St. Louis, Missouri
• The Davenport Skybridge in Davenport, Iowa
• The Esplanade Riel in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• The Gateshead Millennium Bridge
• The Jade Belt Bridge in the Summer Palace in Beijing
• The Millennium Bridge and the high-level walkways in Tower Bridge in London
• The Newport Southbank Bridge between Newport, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio
• The Pont des Arts in Paris
• The Ponte Milvio in Rome
• The Ponte Sant'Angelo in Rome
• The Pushkinsky and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Pedestrian bridges in Moscow
• The Rideau Canal pedestrian bridge in Ottawa
• The Rolling Bridge at Paddington Basin, London
• The Shelby Street Bridge in Nashville, Tennessee
• The pedestrian walkway over the Tropicana - Las Vegas Boulevard intersection in Las Vegas, Nevada
• The Waco Suspension Bridge in Waco, Texas
• The Walnut Street Bridges in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Chattanooga, Tennessee
• The Willimantic Footbridge in Willimantic, Connecticut

Types of footbridge (which are not also types of road bridge) include:

• Clapper bridge
• Moon bridge
• Step-stone bridge
• Zig-zag bridge

Footbridges can also be built in the same ways as larger road bridges; particularly suspension bridges and beam bridges.

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[edit] See also

• Overpass
• Pedway
• Skyway

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