The Sunday Times reported that Turner prize winning artist Mr Anish Kapoor is to is to create one of the world’s biggest sculptures by building a “Space Age” pedestrian bridge across a harbor in Hartlepool.
The paper said that Mr Kapoor’s tubular steel structure will span 520 feet and is expected to have a polished surface that reflects the bleak surroundings of the harbour. The bridge will be retractable to allow ships into port.
The bridge is one of five public sculptures due to be built in the next 10 years on Teesside and along the Tees valley by Mr Kapoor and structural engineer Mr Cecil Balmond.
