General Information
| Completion: | 6 October 1940 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Vertical lift bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Crosses: |
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| Next to: |
Buenos Aires Transporter Bridge (1914)
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| Coordinates: | 34° 38' 16.89" S 58° 21' 20.57" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 1 600 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Puente Nicolás Avellaneda is a 1650 metres long liftable road bridge with 2 lanes in Buenos Aires, Argentina over Riachuelo River, which was built from 1937 to 1940. The 57 metres tall liftable section over Riachuelo River has a length of 60 metres and offers a clearance of 43 metres, when lifted and a clearance of 21 metres, when not lifted. This section of the bridge carries a transporter gondola (see picture http:/ /i.imgur.com/2P094qz.jpg and http:/ /i.imgur.com/YAuUqgJl.jpg ) and can work as the nearby Puente Transbordador as transporter bridge. The transporter gondola allowed horse-driven wagons to cross the river without using the long strenuous way over the ramps of the bridge. Puente Nicolás Avellaneda is the only liftable bridge in the world equipped with a transporter gondola. However this gondola is since 1960 only in use, when the roadway on the bridge is closed for maintenance work.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Puente Nicolás Avellaneda" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2003): Bridging the World. Bridge Ink, Wilsonville (USA).
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20004937 - Published on:
13/09/2002 - Last updated on:
07/04/2016
