General Information
| Name in local language: | Pont de l'Assut de l'Or |
|---|---|
| Beginning of works: | September 2005 |
| Completion: | 11 December 2008 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Cable-stayed bridge with harp system |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Structure: |
Single-span cable-stayed bridge |
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Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 160 m | |
| span lengths | 160 m - 20 m | |
| number of spans | 2 | |
| deck | width | 34.200 - 37.800 m |
| length | 180 m | |
| girder depth | 2.920 m | |
| number of lanes | 2 x 3 | |
| pylon | height | 125 m |
| stay cables | number of cables | 29 + 4 |
Quantities
| structural steel | 5 300 t |
Materials
| pylon |
steel
|
|---|---|
| deck |
steel
|
| piles |
reinforced concrete
|
| abutments |
reinforced concrete
|
| pier |
steel
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Assut de l'Or Bridge (Valencian: Pont de l'Assut de l'Or, Spanish: Puente de la Presa del Oro) is a white single-pylon cable-stayed bridge 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, although locally it is referred to as El Jamonero (The Ham Holder) or Pont de l'Arpa, Spanish: Puente del Arpa (The Harp Bridge). Calatrava called it the Serreria Bridge.
Design
The bridge crosses the Túria Gardens in central Valencia, Spain in its City of Arts and Sciences complex. Its design is a variant of Santiago Calatrava's 1992 design of a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge in Seville, Spain. In the Serreria bridge, the pylon is curved backward and back-stayed to concrete counterweights in the roadway. The aesthetic effect of the Serreria bridge arises in part from the curved pylon and the 29 parallel cables supporting the bridge deck, accented at night by spot lighting of the cables and the pylon. The bridge deck has two carriageways, three lanes each for cars and one additional lane for a tramway, and another for pedestrian and cycle traffic along the middle spine of the deck by the cable stays.
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Participants
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Santiago Calatrava SA
- Santiago Calatrava (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2009): Dramatic touch. New stay cable technology has been installed on Valencia's latest landmark bridge. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 15, n. 55 (2nd Quarter 2009), pp. 59.
- Long lead. In: Bridge Update, n. 81 (January 2009), pp. 1.
- (2009): Pont de l'Assut de l'Or (Puente de Serrería), Valencia. L'Assut de l'Or Bridge (Serrería bridge), Valencia. In: Hormigón y acero, v. 60, n. 254 (4th Quarter 2009), pp. 7-27.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20019796 - Published on:
03/03/2006 - Last updated on:
01/03/2018
