The Royal Bridge (

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: ''Puente Real'') is a bridge in

Badajoz Badajoz (; formerly written ''Badajos'' in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The population ...

, Spain. It crosses over the

Guadiana The Guadiana River (, also , , ), or Odiana, is an international river defining a long stretch of the Portugal-Spain border, separating Extremadura and Andalusia (Spain) from Alentejo and Algarve (Portugal). The river's basin extends from the e ...

History and description

Promoted by the

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, the foundation stone was laid on 28 September 1992. The project consists of a

cable-stayed bridge A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern o ...

over the Guadiana with the following spans: (136 + 88 + 32) m. The bridge is continued by a

viaduct A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide v ...

displaying six spans of 32 m, making a total length of 452 m. The bridge platform, with 2 lanes in each direction, has a width of 23 m. The main pylon, made of

reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete (RC), also called reinforced cement concrete (RCC) and ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having hig ...

, stands 81.20 m high. It features 28 tension cables. It was opened on 23 December 1994. Following its inauguration, it became the busiest bridge in the municipality.

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{{authority control Bridges over the Guadiana River Buildings and structures in Badajoz Bridges in Extremadura Cable-stayed bridges in Spain Road bridges in Spain Bridges completed in 1994