Bridge Valencia Spain
by Joan Carroll
Title
Bridge Valencia Spain
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
The City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia Spain has several spectacular buildings of modern architecture, and one complementary bridge of equal beauty. It is the Pont de l'Assut de l'Or, a dazzling white single-pylon cable-stayed bridge, designed by Valencian architect and civil engineer Santiago Calatrava, and completed in December 2008. The name l'Assut de l'Or means the Dam of the Gold and refers to a dam that was formerly located nearby - although it is referred to as "El Jamonero" (The Ham Holder) by locals and the Serreria Bridge by its designer. The design of the bridge is a variant of Calatrava's pioneering 1992 design of a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge in Seville, Spain. In the Serreria bridge, the pylon is curved backward and also 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 spot lighting of the cables and the pylon.
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joan carroll, bridge, bridges, valencia, spain, sky, calatrava, modern, blue, architecture, harp, famous, cloud, architect, white
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