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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 ...
The Puente de la Mujer (Women's Bridge), by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, is the newest link between the east and west docks of Puerto Madero; a museum inaugurated in 2008, the Fortabat Art Collection, itself resulted from an initiative by Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat (the wealthiest woman in Argentina).
Puente de la Mujer: Designed by Santiago Calatrava Span : 100 m (330 ft) 160 m (520 ft) Cable-stayed Cantilever spar, steel deck, 1 inclined steel pylon Swing bridge:
In contrast, in his swinging Puente de la Mujer design (2002), the spar reaches toward the cable supported deck and is counterbalanced by a structural tail. In the Assut de l'Or Bridge (2008), the curved backward pylon is back-stayed to concrete counterweights.
D.C. firefighters said a vehicle plunged into the Potomac River after being involved in a crash the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Police are investigating whether wintry weather played a role in the ...
Jennifer Garner is opening up about her survivor's guilt.. During an interview in Los Angeles on Friday, the "Last Thing He Told Me" star, who said she's lived in or around the now-destroyed ...
Español: Puente de la Mujer (Santiago Calatrava, 2001), en la barrio Puerto Madero de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Deutsch: Puente de la Mujer (Frauenbrücke) (Architekt: Santiago Calatrava, 2001), über den Rio Darsena Sur (– Rio Dique), zwischen der Innenstadt und dem Stadtteil Puerto Madero (in dem alle Straßen nach Frauen benannt sind) von ...
(The Center Square) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote a letter asking Google to reject the U.S. decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on its mapping service. The ...