Assut de l'Or Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 39°27′17.3″N 00°20′58.7″W / 39.454806°N 0.349639°W |
Carries | six vehicular traffic lanes, two tram lanes, and two pedestrian cycling lanes |
Crosses | Túria Gardens (former riverbed of Túria River) |
Locale | Valencia, Spain |
Characteristics | |
Design | cable-stayed bridge with a backward curved pylon |
Total length | 180 metres |
Height | 125 metres (making it the highest point of the city) |
No. of spans | one with 29 cable stays |
History | |
Architect | Santiago Calatrava |
Construction cost | 59.9 million Euros |
Inaugurated | 12/12/2008 |
Location | |
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]
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