General Information
Project Type
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
|---|---|
| Support conditions: |
for registered users |
| Function / usage: |
original use: Railroad (railway) bridge original use: Road bridge current use: Road bridge |
| Structure: |
original configuration: Double-leaf bascule bridge current configuration: Swing bridge |
Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| Initial construction | ||
|---|---|---|
| main span | 98 m | |
| total length | 125 m | |
| bascule span | length | 2 x 49.0 m |
| deck | deck width | 8 m |
| Reconfiguration | ||
| main span | 99.2 m | |
| total width | 20.45 m | |
| counterweight | weight | 3 200 t |
| deck | roadway / carriageway width | 18 m |
Quantities
| Reconfiguration | ||
|---|---|---|
| structural steel | 900 t | |
Cost
| Initial construction | ||
|---|---|---|
| cost of construction | Euro 12 000 000 | |
| Reconfiguration | ||
| cost of construction | Euro 11 000 000 | |
Materials
| deck |
steel
|
|---|
Chronology
| 2002 | The bridge is originally built as a double-leaf bascule bridge for road and rail traffic. |
|---|---|
|
November 2007
— June 2008 |
Due to the reconfiguration of the Valencia Harbor, the harbor entrance is moved requiring the bridge to be moved as well. 95% of the bridge structure and 50% of the operating machinery are re-used during relocation of the bridge and reconfiguration to a swing bridge. |
Notes
The bridge was originally built as a bascule bridge for use by a railway line. However, with the reconfiguration of the port for the America's Cup, the opening of the port that the bridge spanned was closed. The bridge was then moved to a different location at the new opening of the bassin and reconfigured as a swing bridge instead. It is used as part of the Formula 1 race track.
Participants
-
MC2 Estudio de Ingeniería, S.L.
- Julio Martínez Calzón (designer)
- Ginés Ladrón de Guevara Méndez (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- (2008): Construcción del puente rotatorio del puerto de Valencia. Presented at: IV Congreso de la Asociación Científico-Tecnica del Hormigón Estructural - Congreso Internacional de Estructuras, Valencia, 24-27.11.2008.
- (2008): Diseño del puente rotatorio para el circuito de fórmula 1 en el puerto de Valencia. Presented at: IV Congreso de la Asociación Científico-Tecnica del Hormigón Estructural - Congreso Internacional de Estructuras, Valencia, 24-27.11.2008.
- (2008): Mecanismos y singularidades del puente rotatorio del puerto de Valencia. Presented at: IV Congreso de la Asociación Científico-Tecnica del Hormigón Estructural - Congreso Internacional de Estructuras, Valencia, 24-27.11.2008.
- (2001): Puente levadizo en el puerto de Valencia. In: Hormigón y acero, v. 52, n. 221-222 (3rd Quarter 2001), pp. 3-24.
- (2004): Puente móvil sobre la bocana de la dársena interior del puerto de Valencia. In: Revista de Obras Públicas, n. 3445 (June 2004).
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20040932 - Published on:
06/12/2008 - Last updated on:
08/04/2020
