Puente del Alamillo
| Puente del Alamillo | |
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 The Puente del Alamillo, viewed from the left side of the Guadalquivir river |
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| Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles |
| Crosses | Guadalquivir river |
| Locale | Seville (Andalusia–Spain) |
| Designer | Santiago Calatrava |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 250 m |
| Vertical clearance | 140 m |
| Coordinates | 37°24′48″N 5°59′25″W / 37.41333°N 5.99028°W |
The Alamillo Bridge is a structure in Seville, Andalucia (Spain), which spans the Canal de Alfonso XIII, allowing access to La Cartuja, an island between the canal and the Guadalquivir River. The bridge was constructed as part of infrastructure improvements for Expo 92, which was held on a large site on the island. Construction of the bridge began in 1989 and was completed in 1992 from a design by Santiago Calatrava.
The bridge is of the cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge type and consists of a single pylon, counterbalancing a 200 m span with thirteen lengths of cables. The original intent was to build two symmetrical bridges on either side of the island, but in the end, the Alamillo's singular design has proved most striking.
This bridge represents the soaring aspirations of the city of Seville in preparation for Expo'92, and is visible from the top of La Giralda, the sentimental roof of the city, linking Seville's past and present.
Calatrava's Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay located in Redding, California (2004), and Chords Bridge in Jerusalem, Israel, are similar in design to the Alamillo Bridge.
[edit] See also
- Puente de la Mujer for another bridge by this architect.
- Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin, Ireland
- Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay, also by Calatrava
- Mariánský most - a similar bridge in Ústí nad Labem in Czech Republic. Built in 1998, this bridge was well rated because of its design.
- Puente Atirantado a similar cable stayed bridge near Monterrey in Mexico, built in 2003.
