Castilla–La Mancha Bridge

Bridge in Talavera de la Reina, Spain
39°57′2″N 4°48′22″W / 39.95056°N 4.80611°W / 39.95056; -4.80611Carries2 lanes of motor vehicles on each sideCrossesTagusLocaleTalavera de la Reina, SpainPreceded byPuente de la TO-1262Followed byPuente del PríncipeCharacteristicsDesignCable-stayed bridgeTotal length730 mWidth43.50 m[1]Height192 mLongest span318 m[1]HistoryArchitectFrancisco Sánchez de LeónEngineering design byRamón Sánchez de LeónConstructed bySacyr, Aglomancha and J. BárcenasOpened17 October 2011LocationMap

The Castilla–La Mancha Bridge (Spanish: Puente de Castilla-La Mancha) is a cable-stayed bridge in Talavera de la Reina, Spain.

History and description

Promoted by the Regional Government of Castile-La Mancha,[2] the foundation stone was laid in November 2007.[3] It was opened on 17 October 2011.[3] The building companies were Sacyr, Aglomancha and J. Bárcenas.[2]

Standing 192 m high, it was the tallest cable-stayed bridge in Spain upon the time of its inauguration.[4] It features 152 wire ropes.[2]

With a total cost of nearly €74M, it was widely considered a waste of money in the media.[4] With the opening of the so-called Variante Suroeste of the N-502 [es] in March 2015, the bridge—via the Ronda del Tajo—is expected to finally help to drive the heavy-duty vehicle traffic out of the city center.[5]

References

Citations
  1. ^ a b "Castilla La Mancha Bridge Staying Process". Mc2 Estudio de Ingeniería.
  2. ^ a b c Santacruz Sánchez de Rojas 2016, p. 356.
  3. ^ a b Berenguer, Rafa (28 April 2018). "La variante sur de Talavera, atascada en la Plaza del Pan". Ahora CLM.
  4. ^ a b Simón, Pedro (29 September 2014). "Un puente a ningún sitio". El Mundo.
  5. ^ "Fomento abrió ayer al tráfico sin inauguración la Variante Suroeste". La Tribuna de Toledo. 31 March 2015.
Bibliography
  • Santacruz Sánchez de Rojas, Guillermo (2016). "Arquitectura y urbanismo en la ciudad imperial y su provincia, durante el centenario de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo (1916-2016)" (PDF). Toletum (61). Toledo: Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo: 315–361. ISSN 0210-6310.