Assut de l'Or Bridge

Assut de l'Or Bridge

Pont de l'Assut de l'Or (Valencian)
Puente de l'Assut de l'Or (Spanish)
The Assut de l'Or Bridge in Valencia, Spain
Side view of the Assut de l'Or Bridge with L'Agora in the background
Coordinates39°27′17.3″N 00°20′58.7″W / 39.454806°N 0.349639°W / 39.454806; -0.349639
Carriessix vehicular traffic lanes, two tram lanes, and two pedestrian cycling lanes
CrossesTúria Gardens (former riverbed of Túria River)
LocaleValencia, Spain
Characteristics
Designcable-stayed bridge with a backward curved pylon
Total length180 metres
Height125 metres (making it the highest point of the city)
No. of spansone with 29 cable stays
History
ArchitectSantiago Calatrava
Construction cost59.9 million Euros
Inaugurated12/12/2008
Location
Map

The Assut de l'Or Bridge (Valencian: Pont de l'Assut de l'Or, Spanish: Puente de l'Assut de l'Or)[a] is a white single-pylon cable-stayed bridge in the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain, designed by Valencian architect and civil engineer Santiago Calatrava and completed in December 2008. The name l'Assut de l'Or is Valencian for the Dam of the Gold and refers to a dam that was located nearby.[b] Calatrava called it the Serreria Bridge.[1]

Design

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The bridge crosses the Túria Gardens in southeast Valencia, Spain near the east end of the City of Arts and Sciences complex.[2] Its design is a variant of Santiago Calatrava's 1992 design of a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge in Seville, Spain. In the Serreria bridge, the pylon is curved backward and back-stayed to concrete counterweights in the roadway. The aesthetic effect of the Serreria bridge arises in part from the curved pylon and the 29 parallel cables supporting the bridge deck, accented at night by spotlighting of the cables and the pylon. The bridge deck has two carriageways, three lanes each for cars and one additional lane for a tramway, and a carriageway for only pedestrian and cycle traffic along the middle spine of the deck by the cable stays.

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See also

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  • Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin, Ireland, in which the forward curved pylon is also back-stayed
  • The Erasmusbrug in the Netherlands, another single pylon cable-stayed bridge in which the pylon is back-stayed
  • Montolivet Bridge - another bridge in the City of Arts and Sciences designed by Santiago Calatrava

Notes

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  1. ^ Pronunciation, Valencian: [ˈpɔnd de laˈsud ˈdɔɾ], Spanish: [ˈpwente ðe laˈsuð ˈðoɾ].
  2. ^ Locally it is referred to as El Perniler (The Ham Holder) or Pont de l'Arpa (The Harp Bridge) in Valencian. Spanish: El Jamonero (The Ham Holder) or Puente del Arpa (The Harp Bridge).

References

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  1. ^ Calatrava, Santiago. "Serreria Bridge". calatrava.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  2. ^ Info loko site on City of Arts and Sciences.
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