General Information
| Name in local language: | Puente de Lusitania |
|---|---|
| Other name(s): | La Plata Bridge |
| Beginning of works: | 1988 |
| Completion: | 10 December 1991 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
|---|---|
| Support conditions: |
for registered users |
| Plan view: |
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| Material: |
Structurae Plus/Pro - Subscribe Now! approach viaducts: Prestressed concrete bridge |
| Structure: |
main span: Axial (single) tied-arch bridge |
| Material: |
main span: Steel-prestressed concrete composite bridge |
| Structure: |
main span: Truss arch bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Mérida, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 38° 55' 0.35" N 6° 21' 12.87" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 189 m | |
| width | 24 m | |
| rise | 32 m | |
| total length | 465 m | |
| span lengths | 43.875 m - 2 x 47.25 m - 189.00 m - 2 x 47.25 m - 43.875 m | |
| number of spans | 7 | |
| number of lanes | 2 x 2 | |
| piers | number | 6 |
Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
|
|---|---|
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
| arch |
steel
|
| abutments |
reinforced concrete
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Lusitania Bridge is a bridge in Mérida, Spain.
The bridge was built over the Guadiana River in 1991 by a Spanish consortium to take the road traffic from the Romano bridge. The architect was Santiago Calatrava. The bridge takes ist name from the fact that Emerita Augusta (present day Merida) was the former capital of Lusitania, an ancient Roman province.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Lusitania Bridge" and modified on June 12, 2023 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Design
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Santiago Calatrava SA
- Santiago Calatrava (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2017): Bridges. A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans. 2nd edition, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 978-0316507943, pp. 98-99.
- (1997): Bridges. A history of the world's most famous and important spans. Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), pp. 98-99.
- (2002): Bridges - Ponts - Brücken. Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), pp. 204-211.
- (1998): Brücken. Die Geschichte berühmter Brücken. Könemann, Cologne (Germany), pp. 98-99.
- (1996): Calatrava Bridges. Birkhäuser, Basel (Switzerland), pp. 78-89.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000266 - Published on:
19/05/1999 - Last updated on:
09/06/2023
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