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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 10/07/2026 23:13:00

Designed for the 1992 Universal Exposition as the principal gateway to the Isla de la Cartuja, this steel tied-arch bridge spans 168 metres across the Guadalquivir river in a single soaring leap. Engineers Juan Jose Arenas and Marcos Pantaleon won the design competition with a concept that turned structural necessity into urban theatre: two triangular end frames rise at each bank, their inclined legs converging to meet the arch and framing the roadway like a pair of ceremonial portals. Construc...