| Architect |
Santiago
Calatrava |
| Date
Built |
2008 |
| Location |
City of Arts
and Sciences |
| Description |
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Santiag Calatrava's website refers to this
bridge, in Valencia's City of Arts and
Sciences, as the Serreria Bridge. It
explains that the bridge's deck is suspended
from an inclined, curved, 118.6 metre high
pylon. The bridge spans the dry bed of
the River Turia that is occupied at this
point by Calatrava's city. The website
adds more details about the bridge
explaining that, "... There are three
supports. At the northern-most end,
where the deck touches grade level, the
deck rests on a concrete abutment by
means of a pair of bearings that provide
resistance to torsion. The second
support point is the pylon base, where
the steel box spine connects with the
pylon, creating a fully fixed connection
with the pile-cap by means of a
composite steelconcrete box. On the
southern-most end, the deck is supported
by a pair of bearings on the abutment.
The back-stay cables are anchored to a
massive foundation at the southern edge
of the bridge in order to achieve
balance. The pylon is similar to a
spiral curve form, reaching its maximum
radius where it intersects with the
deck." The deck has two paved roadways that accommodate a total of 8 lanes of traffic, two of which are reserved for public transport. There is also a pedestrian pathway.     |
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El Pont de l'Assut de
l'Or, Valencia, Spain
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