BRIDGE OF THE AVENIDA DE LAS AMERICAS AT MONTEVIDEO

Project details

Technical Data

  • Total length: 488 m
  • Main span: 68 m
  • Width: 9.1 m
  • Pylon height: 50 m

Description

This cable-stayed bridge in the vicinity of Montevideo’s International Airport has been conceived as a monumental and sculptural landmark that would welcome or see-off city visitors. A single pylon design takes advantage of the required curved layout of the deck: permanent bending moments, which are operating in pylon and its foundations, are minimized by setting the pylon in the centre of gravity of the deck. This central pylon is a large steel-concrete composite structure composed of a structural steel casing that is filled with reinforced concrete and prestressed in its lower half.