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Structure-ID: s0000002
Created on: 10/28/98
Modified on: 08/26/10


Alamillo Bridge

Puente del Alamillo
Completed in: 1992
Status: in use
Location: Sevilla, Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain
Crosses: Guadalquivir River
Alamillo Bridge
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
asymmetric, inclined pylon, no backstays
Function / usage:
Road bridge
Part of: Expo 1992

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Santiago Calatrava Valls

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architecture Santiago Calatrava SA
Stay cables DYWIDAG-Sistemas Constructivos, S.A.

Products used in this structure
DYNA<sup>®</sup> Bond Anchorages DYNA Bond ® Anchorages
Because the DYNA Bond® anchorage can be filled either with cement or epoxy grout, it has excellent fatigue resistance and is protected against exterior impact loads.

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel
pylon  reinforced concrete
deck  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  main span 200 m
  total length 250 m
  number of cables 26
pylon   height 142 m
  angle of inclination 58°

Notes & Comments
This is the only cable-supported bridge that is not back-anchored. The bridge is balanced solely through added weights.

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External LinkarchINFORM: Alamillo Bridge English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkBernd Nebel: Santiago Calatravas Alamillobrücke in Sevilla German
External LinkBroer.no: Puente del Alamillo English Norwegian
External LinkSantiago Calatrava - The Unofficial Site: Alamillo Bridge English
External LinkWikipédia: Pont d'Alamillo French

Relevant Literature
* D'une rive à l'autre / Brücken dieser Welt (4) (television documentary).
* Puente del Alamillo, in "El Croquis", 1992, n. 57 .
* Allen, Edward   Shaping Structures, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471169684, 1998; pp. 162-165.
* Calatrava, Santiago   Most Alamillo a viadukt La Cartuja, Sevilla / Alamillo Bridge and La Cartuja Viaduct, Sevilla, in "zlatý rez", n. 16 .
* Casas, J. R.   A Combined Method for Measuring Cable Forces: The Cable-Stayed Alamillo Bridge, Spain, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1994, n. 4 v. 4 .
* Frampton, Kenneth   Calatrava Bridges, Birkhäuser, Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764353643, 1996; pp. 54-73.
* Graf, Bernhard   Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 106-107.
* Graf, Bernhard   Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 106-107.
* Jodidio, Philip   Santiago Calatrava, Taschen, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3822878839, 1998; pp. 54-59.
* Martínez Pérez-Beato, Fernando   Amortiguadores puente del Alamillo e instrumentación de tirantes, presented at IV Congreso de la Asociación Científico-Tecnica del Hormigón Estructural - Congreso Internacional de Estructuras, Valencia, 24-27.11.2008.
* McQuaid, Matilda   Santiago Calatrava, Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA) , ISBN 0870701649, 1993; pp. 38-39.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 47-48.
* Pollalis, Spiro   What Is a Bridge?, MIT Press, Cambridge (USA) , ISBN 0262161745, 1999.
* Quaranta, Arnaud   Le Passage (1st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg) , ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 65-67.

 
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