The Van Ginkel Footbridge is a heritage-designated cantilever pedestrian bridge, located in Bowring Park, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Blanche Lemco Van Ginkel resonates as a leading figure in modern architecture since first graduating from McGill’s school in 1945.

[3] The bridge follows modernist design concepts that include the relationship of form and function and the use of new construction technology.

It satisfies the public’s needs and along with the rest of the park, achieves its aims of creating spaces for activity and repose.

[5] Also evident is the Van Ginkels' consciousness of contemporary circumstances while maintaining sensitivity to the protection of the pedestrian.

In 1958, the City commissioned the highly recommended Montreal architect firm, Van Ginkel Associates, to work on a new development plan that included active and passive uses with new amenities such as: a swimming pool, boating pond, playground, tennis courts, pedestrian bridge and road bridge.

I do remember that once he found me, to my great surprise, when I was briefly visiting Winnipeg, to offer us a project – and I think that it was about Fermeuse – or perhaps it was about the St. John’s satellite...”[8]As funding became available from the Canadian National Railway (CNR), Van Ginkel Associates, along with the structural engineering consultant Ove Arup, designed and constructed the pedestrian and road bridges to cross the railroad tracks running south of the park.

Architect Robert Mellin states:“its elegance endures, and it conveys the impression that it has always been there, especially now that the surrounding landscape has matured.

But over time it has receded in prominence in the park, and today there is little awareness of its distinguished design history.”[8]In October of 2017, Deputy Mayor Sheilagh O’Leary and Councillor Jamie Korab said they were interested in some kind of acknowledgement of the bridge's history.

[17] In November, it was announced that engineering students from Memorial University would research and do a structural analysis on the bridge.