Africa's largest cable-stayed bridge use Philips dynamic LED lighting
Africa's largest cable-stayed bridge - the Kingdom of Morocco Bridgend Grieg valley bridge, Morocco local time at 15:00 on July 7 (Beijing time at 23:00 on July 7th) officially opened to traffic. The cable-stayed bridge uses a dynamic LED lighting Philips Lighting. The LED lights change color up to 16 million.
Bridgend Grieg cable-stayed bridge a total length of 952 meters, total deck width of 30.4 meters, the main bridge of (183 + 376 + 183) m composite beam bridge, pylon using separate limbs space curved concrete structure; the beam of the main beam structure side, the connection between the concrete edge beams through the main steel beams, installation of precast concrete bridge decks on steel beams, the use of broadening the base of the main tower pier. 5 prefabricated bridge approach across the 40m T-beam structure. The bridge main tower unique design, the main beam design is simple, similar cable-stayed bridge in the world, the flexibility, the span are the first in the world.
Highlights bridge design is the two main towers. Pylons uses a beautiful diamond cubic shape, extending upwardly from the bottom curved gradually opened in the middle of getting divided into four, to the top of the tower together again as one. The design has the typical characteristics of Arab architecture, with "Victory Gate", "over the door," the implication.
The cable-stayed bridge has become a new landmark in Rabat and the Moroccan landmarks. Mohammed VI Bridge, unique architectural design, complemented by Philips Color Kinetics technology to create magnificent perspective effects.
Philips LED lighting system dynamic lights creating spectacular lighting effects. LED lighting system is expected to save 75% energy than traditional lighting systems.