The%20Alamillo%20Bridge

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The Alamillo Bridge
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Designs

• Bird, harp, skeleton of dead dog, sculpture
• Two bridges
• Location of cable stays

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Scientific

• Asymmetric single pylon cable stay
• Uses mass to make bridge function
• Deck cantilever and box are concealed
• Everything is white

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Scientific

• Components of Bridge
• Pylon
• Steel outer shell
• Walls thickened with concrete
• Foundation
• 54 steel piles underground
• 2 meters in diameter
• 57.5 meters in depth
• Cables
• 26 post tensioned steel cables
• Deck
• Concrete road slabs
• Steel cantilever
• Hexagonal box

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Symbolic

• The Alamillo Bridge is the most important piece
  of work that the Junta de Andalucia has built on
  the occasion of Expo 92 The bridge does not
  simply offer transportation service to the
  city, it is one of the most important
  architectural monuments that will remain after
  Expo 92 is over. - Manuel Chaves, President of
  the Junta de Andalucia

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Symbolic

• BROOKLIN BRIDGE
• Towers stand out
• Elevated pedestrian walkway

• ALAMILLO
• Pylon towers over city
• Elevated pedestrian walkway
• Park around base of pylon

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Elevated Pedestrian Walkway

• Alamillo Brooklyn Bridge

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Social

• 39 million dollars
• Materials alone cost over 20 million dollars
• Cancelled construction of second bridge

• Built without economic constraints
• Meant to be more of a monument than a bridge

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Conclusion

• Symbolizes change
• Not structural art
• Despite symbolic power
• Built without economy in mind
• Hides true structure