The Leonardo Bridge Project headed by Norwegian painter and artist Vebjørn Sand is one of several installations Sand is known for in Norway.
It is a smaller scale reimagining of a 240 m span Leonardo bridge project that Leonardo proposed in 1502 as part of a civil engineering project for Sultan Bayezid II of Constantinople (todays Istanbul). The bridge serves as a pedestrian crossing over European route E18 in Ås, Norway and was carried by The Leonardo Bridge Project.[1]
The project hopes to build the design as practical footbridges around the world, including over the Golden Horn in Istanbul, using local materials and collaborating with local artisans as a global public art project. The Wall Street Journal referred to the Project as a "...logo for the nations." (WSJ, Nov. 5-6, 2005)
A modern bridge reminiscing Leonardo's design is the Streicker Bridge at Princeton University, NJ, USA.
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