Villagetech Solutions - WireBridge Project

WireBridge Project

VTS supports the building of WireBridges in developing countries. The WireBridge is a low-cost monorail-like aerial ‘roadway'. This aerial roadway offers all-weather transport, requires little maintenance, poses no threat to children, uses no fossil fuel, provides low-skill jobs, and costs less than a good conventional bridge. The WireBridge is adapted from a business “best practice” transport systems developed by and used almost exclusively by the global banana industry.

At each end of a bridge stands a tall steel post. The ends of the WireBridge are at exactly the same height. A carriage, holding up to five or six people plus goods, hangs from wheels which roll on the wires suspended between the posts. Passengers and bystanders pull the carriage with a rope.

Building a bridge first requires a site survey that includes terrain, traffic levels, other crossing options, supply of local labor and maintenance. In addition, VTS requires that there be significant and demonstrable benefits to local villages in the categories of health, education, commerce, and social integration. - WireBridge construction - WireRoad prototype