Tirantes Bridge Puente de los Tirantes | |
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 Tirantes bridge at night in 2022 | |
| Coordinates | 42°26′04″N 8°38′11″W / 42.434371°N 8.636521°W |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, Bicycles and Pedestrians |
| Crosses | River Lérez |
| Locale | Pontevedra, Spain |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed |
| Material | Steel and reinforced concrete |
| Total length | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Width | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Height | 63 m (207 ft) (pylon) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1993 |
| Construction end | 1995 |
| Opened | 26 May 1995 |
| Location | |
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The Tirantes Bridge is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Lérez River in the city of Pontevedra, Spain, linking the south bank to the north bank at the level of the city's Congress Hall.
Designed by Leonardo Fernandez Troyano and Francisco Javier Manterola Armisen in 1992, it was inaugurated in 1995. It is one of the 33 most outstanding bridges in Spain.[1]
- ^ "El puente de los Tirantes figura ya entre los 33 más singulares de España". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2004.