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Structure-ID: s0003212
Created on: 03/13/02
Modified on: 08/26/10


Amposta Suspension Bridge

Puente Colgante de Amposta; Pont Penjant
Built: 1915 - 1921
Status: in use
Location: Amposta, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Crosses: Ebro River
Amposta Suspension Bridge
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Structural Type:
Suspension bridge with cable-stays
Function / usage:
Road bridge

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer José Eugenio Ribera

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Construction Sociedad de Construcciones Hidraulicas y Civiles

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
towers  stone
Dimensions
  main span 135 m
  tower height 24 m

Chronology
1921
Opening with Miguel Primo de Rivera.
1938
Republican army make a provisional ship bridge
13 March 1938
Bombed during the Spanish Civil War.
1939- 1941
Restoration works on the suspension bridge.
1996
Forbidden for vehicles of more than 10 tons.

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External LinkPont Penjant de Amposta Catalan

Relevant Literature
* del Pozo Vindel, Florencio   Old-time favourite, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2008, n. 51 v. 14 .
* del Pozo Vindel, Florencio   Rehabilitación del puente colgante de Amposta, presented at IV Congreso de la Asociación Científico-Tecnica del Hormigón Estructural - Congreso Internacional de Estructuras, Valencia, 24-27.11.2008.
* Tarragó Cid, Salvador   J. Eugenio Ribera, Madrid (Spain) , ISBN 8438000282, 1982.
* Vázquez Salgueiro, Antonio   Rehabilitación del puente colgante de Amposta, presented at IV Congreso de la Asociación Científico-Tecnica del Hormigón Estructural - Congreso Internacional de Estructuras, Valencia, 24-27.11.2008.
* Ventosa, Javier R.   Puente de Amposta, in "Revista del Ministerio de Fomento", July 2004, n. 531 .

 
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