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The Chords Bridge (Hebrew: גשר המיתרים, Gesher HaMeitarim), also called the Bridge of Strings or Jerusalem Light Rail Bridge, is a side-spar cable-stayed bridge in Jerusalem. The structure was designed by the Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava and is used by Jerusalem Light Rail 's Red Line, which began service on ...
The Chords Bridge is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge designed by the Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, built for the light rail, close to the most frequently used entrance to Jerusalem, in the neighborhood of Kiryat Moshe. The bridge carries the trams in a grade separated manner over a busy
Chords Bridge in Jerusalem. The side-spar principle is not limited to a straight bridge, however. The tower could be offset and the bridge deck wrap around the spar in an arc, e.g., Chords Bridge in Jerusalem. Such a bridge would be particularly suited for use in the confines of a canyon, where the road is brought in the upstream direction down ...
The first line of the Jerusalem Light Rail network was completed in 2010 with the erection of Santiago Calatrava's Chords Bridge over Jaffa Road. The first line began operating from Pisgat Ze'ev in the northeast, through French Hill and Jaffa Road to the Central Bus Station and the southwestern neighborhoods. [ 5 ]
The section that belongs to Route 333 today is between the Sha'ar Morai interchange and the entrance to Jerusalem through Ginot Sakharov Junction. In 2007, Yitzhak Shamir Road (known as Highway 9) was paved as a direct road between Motza and Yigal Yadin Interchange [ he ] and a continuation of Highway 1 towards Ma'ale Adumim and Beit HaArava ...
Kanfei Nesharim Street, looking east toward the Jerusalem Chords Bridge.. Kanfei Nesharim Street (Hebrew: רחוב כנפי נשרים, lit. 'Wings of Eagles Street') is a major east–west thoroughfare in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of western Jerusalem.
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The Red Line is the first section in operation of the light rail system in Jerusalem, known as the Jerusalem Light Rail.It became fully operational on December 1, 2011. The line is 13.9 kilometers (8.6 mi) long with 23 stops.