Puente de la Mujer
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The Puente de la Mujer (Spanish for "Woman's Bridge") is a rotating footbridge for Dock 3 of the Puerto Madero commercial district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is of the cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge type and is also a swing bridge, but somewhat unusual in its asymmetrical arrangement. It has a single mast with cables suspending a portion of the bridge which rotates 90 degrees in order to allow water traffic to pass. When it swings to allow watercraft passage, the far end comes to a resting point on a stabilizing pylon.
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Woman's Bridge Puente de la Mujer | |
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Coordinates | 34°36′29″S 58°21′54″W |
Crosses | Dock 3 in Puerto Madero |
Locale | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Characteristics | |
Design | Forward cantilever with gate-swing opening |
Material | Steel, reinforced concrete |
Total length | 170 metres |
Width | 6.20 metres |
Height | 34 metres |
Longest span | 102.5 metres |
History | |
Designer | Santiago Calatrava |
Construction start | 1998 |
Opened | 20 December 2001 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | pedestrian |
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