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Structure-ID: s0000054
Created on: 10/28/98
Modified on: 11/30/04


Maria Pia Bridge

Pia Maria Bridge, Ponte Maria Pia
Built: 1876 - 1877
Status: in use
Location: Porto, Porto, Portugal
Crosses: Douro River
Maria Pia Bridge
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Structural Type:
Arch bridge
crescent
Function / usage:
Railroad bridge [railway bridge]
Replaced by: São João Bridge (1991)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Gustave Alexandre Eiffel
  Théophile Seyrig

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Construction Eiffel et Cie

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
arch  cast iron
Dimensions
  total length 563 m
  arch span 160 m
  height above valley floor or water 61.20 m
deck   deck width 6.0 m
Cost
  cost of construction FRF 965 000

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External LinkarchINFORM: Duoro Bridge English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkBridge Postcard Collector's: Ponte D. Maria Pia (I) English
External LinkBridge Postcard Collector's: Ponte D. Maria Pia (II) English
External LinkCity of Porto: Bridges English

Relevant Literature
* Ponte Maria Pia, Ordem dos Engenheiros, Região Norte, Portugal , ISBN 972956468X, 2005.
* Billington, David P.   The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 67-69.
* Deswarte, Sylvie   L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 101.
* Graf, Bernhard   Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 74-75.
* Graf, Bernhard   Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 74-75.
* Lemoine, Bertrand   L'architecture du fer, Champ Vallon, Seyssel (France) , ISBN 2903528713, 322; pp. 109.
* Lemoine, Bertrand   Gustave Eiffel, Editions Hazan, Paris (France) , 1984; pp. 46-50.
* Marrey, Bernard   The extraordinary life and work of Monsieur Gustave Eiffel, the engineer who built the Statue of Liberty, the Porto Bridge, the Nice Observatory, the Garabit Viaduct, the Panama Locks, the Eiffel Tower, etc. (1st edition), Editions Graphite, Paris (France) , 1984.
* Marrey, Bernard   Gustave Eiffel (2nd edition), Institute, Paris (France) , ISBN 2907904000, 1989; pp. 42-43.
* Poncetton, François   Eiffel: Le Magicien du fer, Editions de la Tournelle, Paris (France) , 1939; pp. 133.
* Quaranta, Arnaud   Le Passage (1st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg) , ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 156-157.
* Trautz, Martin   Maurice Koechlin, in "Deutsche Bauzeitung", April 2002, n. 4 v. 136 .

 
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