The Assut de l'Or Bridge (, ) is a white single-pylon
cable-stayed bridge
A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which wire rope, cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or wikt:stay#Etymology 3, stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, norm ...
in the
City of Arts and Sciences
The City of Arts and Sciences (, ) is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain, Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia and one of the 12 Treasures of Spain.
The Cit ...
in
Valencia
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
, Spain, designed by Valencian architect and civil engineer
Santiago Calatrava
Santiago Calatrava Valls (born 28 July 1951) is a Spaniards, Spanish-Swiss people, Swiss architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single leaning pylons, and his railway stations, stad ...
and completed in December 2008. The name ''l'Assut de l'Or'' is Valencian for ''the Dam of the Gold'' and refers to a dam that was located nearby. Calatrava called it the Serreria Bridge.
Design
The bridge crosses the Túria Gardens in southeast
Valencia, Spain
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
near the east end of the
City of Arts and Sciences
The City of Arts and Sciences (, ) is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain, Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia and one of the 12 Treasures of Spain.
The Cit ...
complex.
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on City of Arts and Sciences. Its design is a variant of Santiago Calatrava
Santiago Calatrava Valls (born 28 July 1951) is a Spaniards, Spanish-Swiss people, Swiss architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single leaning pylons, and his railway stations, stad ...
's 1992 design of a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge in Seville, Spain. In the ''Serreria bridge'', the pylon is curved backward and back-stayed to concrete counterweights in the roadway. The aesthetic effect of the ''Serreria bridge'' arises in part from the curved pylon and the 29 parallel cables supporting the bridge deck, accented at night by spotlighting of the cables and the pylon. The bridge deck has two carriageways, three lanes each for cars and one additional lane for a tramway, and a carriageway for only pedestrian and cycle traffic along the middle spine of the deck by the cable stays.
Gallery
File:The city of arts and sciences.jpg, Assut de l'Or Bridge at night
File:Agora y Pont de l'Assut de l'Or.jpg, Front cable stays
File:Penya-roja, València, Valencia, Spain - panoramio (2).jpg, Front cable stays at night
File:Valencia Assut de l'Or Bridge backstays.jpg, Backstays
See also
* Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin, Ireland, in which the forward curved pylon is also back-stayed
*The Erasmusbrug in the Netherlands, another single pylon cable-stayed bridge in which the pylon is back-stayed
* Montolivet Bridge - another bridge in the City of Arts and Sciences designed by Santiago Calatrava
Notes
References
External links
L´Assut de l´Or Bridge (Serreria Bridge), Valencia, Spain (2009), Luis Viñuela y José Martínez Salcedo
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Bridges in the Valencian Community
Bridges completed in 2008
Bridges by Santiago Calatrava
Buildings and structures in Valencia
Transport in the Valencian Community
Tourist attractions in Valencia
Cable-stayed bridges in Spain