Puente del Alamillo Sevilla, Calatrava Bridge, Seville Design

Alamillo Bridge, Seville, Spain : Santiago Calatrava Bridge

Seville Bridge - design by Santiago Calatrava

Puente del Alamillo, Sevilla Alamillo Bridge, Seville, Spain 1992 Design: Santiago Calatrava 12 Apr 2011 Photos by Spanish architect Gonzalo Navarro taken on 11 Apr, exclusive to e-architect: Puente del Alamillo Sevilla photos © Gonzalo Navarro The Alamillo Bridge, designed by Santiago Calatrava and built for the 1992 Universal Exhibition in Seville, became one of the most emblematic works of the Andalusian capital, as well as the first cable-stayed bridge supported only in a inclined mast. The project was initially conceived more spectacular, with another twin bridge with the mast inclined to the reverse, on the other side of the island of La Cartuja. Finally only one of the bridges was made for financial reasons. The construction of the bridge, due to its structural peculiarities, resulted in a series of unprecedented challenges, as well as much higher costs than a common cable-stayed bridge. It has a total length of 250 meters, with a 200 meters central platform. The mast, inclined at 58 degrees,and with an altitude of 142 meters, is made of steel filled with concrete. It hold the 26 steel cables (arranged in pairs), which support the bridge deck. The fact that the lift of the bridge is carried out by tilting the mast, without opposite wires, is what made it became unique in its days. The board consists of a metal structure with a hexagonal central platform where the active anchor straps. On both sides of the platform stand some metal brackets supporting the concrete deck of the bridge. The top of the inclined mast is designed to hold a viewpoint, but is not open to the public. Puente del Alamillo Sevilla images / information from Gonzalo Navarro Santiago Calatrava

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Another Spanish bridge design by Santiago Calatrava, Architect:

Bac de Roda Felipe II Bridge, Barcelona

image © Thomas Boczko

Proposed Bridge designs by Santiago Calatrava, Architect:

Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, USA
Santiago Calatrava

picture : Santiago Calatrava LLC

Peace Bridge Calgary, Canada
Santiago Calatrava

picture : Santiago Calatrava LLC

Recent Bridge designs by Santiago Calatrava, Architect:

Grand Canal Bridge, Venice
Santiago Calatrava

www.palladium.de, Barbara Burg/Oliver Schuh

Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin, Ireland
Santiago Calatrava

photo : Peter Barrow Photographers

Trinity Bridge, Manchester, England
Santiago Calatrava, architect

picture © Matt Ansell

Contemporary Bridge Designs : A-L

Bridge Designs : M-Z

Recent Spanish Bridge design on e-architect:

Puentes Cascara
Designers: West 8 & MRIO

photo © West 8 urban design & land. architecture

Major Spanish Bridge design on e-architect:

Zaragoza Bridge
Zaha Hadid Architects

image from architect

Latest major Seville building to complete:

Metropol Parasol
J. MAYER H. Architects

photo : Ignacio Ysasi
Metropol Parasol Seville

A recent Seville building:

School of Education Sciences, Seville
Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos

photo : Gonzalo Navarro
School of Education Sciences Seville



Valencia Building

Barcelona Buildings

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Seville University Library Building
Zaha Hadid Architects

image from architects
Seville University Library

Campus Palmas Altas Seville
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners / Vidal y Asociados arquitectos

photograph © Mark Bentley
Campus Palmas Altas Seville

Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias
Santiago Calatrava Architects

image © Paul Zanre
City of Arts and Science Valencia

Spanish Architect

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