Puente de la Mujer

Woman's Bridge

Puente de la Mujer

Puente de la Mujer is located in Buenos Aires
Puente de la Mujer
Location in Buenos Aires
Coordinates34°36′29″S 58°21′54″W / 34.607939°S 58.364911°W / -34.607939; -58.364911
CrossesDock 3 in Puerto Madero
LocaleBuenos Aires, Argentina
Characteristics
DesignForward cantilever with gate-swing opening
MaterialSteel, reinforced concrete
Total length170 metres
Width6.20 metres
Height34 metres
Longest span102.5 metres
History
DesignerSantiago Calatrava
Construction start1998
Opened20 December 2001
Statistics
Daily trafficpedestrian
Location
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The Puente de la Mujer (Spanish for "Woman's Bridge") is a rotating footbridge for Dock 3 of the Puerto Madero commercial district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is of the cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge type and is also a swing bridge, but somewhat unusual in its asymmetrical arrangement. It has a single mast with cables suspending a portion of the bridge which rotates 90 degrees in order to allow water traffic to pass. When it swings to allow watercraft passage, the far end comes to a resting point on a stabilizing pylon.