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Ponte dos Socorridos

General Information

Completion:	1993
Status:	in use

Structure:	Extradosed bridge
Function / usage:	Road bridge
Material:	Prestressed concrete bridge

Location:	Madeira, Portugal
Coordinates:	32° 39' 17.00" N 16° 57' 54.00" W

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	height	100 m
	span lengths	54 m - 85 m - 106 m - 86 m

Design

Structural engineering

Pereira, A. P. / Reis, A. J. / Sousa, D. (1991): Concrete box girder bridges by balanced cantilever. Porto Novo Bridge, Alcácer do Sal Bridge, Socorridos Bridge, João Gomes Bridge. Presented at: Bridges — Interaction between construction technology and design, IABSE Symposium, Leningrad, USSR 1991, pp. 300-301.
Pereira, Armando / Reis, Antonio J.: Socorridos bridge: a cable-panel stayed concept. Presented at: Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994, pp. 551.
Pereira, Armando / Reis, Antonio J.: Socorridos bridge: a cable-panel stayed concept. Presented at: Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994, pp. 343.
Fernández Troyano, Leonardo (1999): Tierra sobre el agua. Visión histórica universal de los puentes. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), pp. 525-526.