Dunlop Bridge

The Dunlop Bridge is a footbridge situated at a number of racing circuits.

The bridge is considered to be one of the most significant landmarks in a motorsport venue particularly the Circuit de la Sarthe^[1] and Donington Park.^[2], although the latter was removed during renovations for the failed attempt to stage the 2010 British F1 Grand Prix, and due to new regulations, cannot be restored.

List of race circuits featuring a Dunlop Bridge

Italics indicate that the bridge is no longer within the circuit.

Photo	Venue	Section	Locale	Installed	Dismantled	Source	Notes
	Circuit de la Sarthe	Dunlop Curve	Le Mans, Sarthe, France	1932			[nb 1][3]
	Donington Park	Starkey's Straight	Leicestershire, United Kingdom	1977	2009		[nb 2][4]
	Sandown Raceway		Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1989			[nb 3]
	Mount Panorama Circuit	Exit of The Chase	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia	1986			[5][nb 4][6]
	Tsukuba Circuit	Midfield	Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Japan
	Laguna Seca	Turn 3	Monterey, California, USA
	Surfers Paradise Raceway		Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
	Mantorp Park		Mantorp, Östergötland, Sweden

Notes

1. ^ Relocated to its present location at the between 1986 and 1987 to allow for the insertion of a chicane.
2. ^ Originally dismantled to allow a proposed 200mph straight to be created, since work fell through due to financial reasons, the bridge is currently in a dismantled state
3. ^ Formerly belonging to Surfers Paradise Raceway
4. ^ Originally known as Bridgestone Bridge, has since been renamed.

References

1. ^ Brian Laban Published: 12:01AM BST 16 Jun 2007 Comments (2007-06-16). "The greatest race". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/2747435/The-greatest-race.html. Retrieved 2010-09-14. 
2. ^ "Iconic Dunlop Bridge dismantled at Donington | Planet F1 | Formula One News". Planet F1. 2009-02-13. http://www.planet-f1.com/news/3213/4918359. Retrieved 2010-09-14. 
3. ^ http://www.clubarnage.com/caguide/caguide2009.pdf
4. ^ http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Dunlop-Bridge-removed-Donington-Park/article-734384-detail/article.html
5. ^ http://www.nzmustang.com/bathurst/bathurst.htm
6. ^ http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb3/yogi2795/Central%20West%20%20riding/?action=view&current=IMG_1926sm.jpg