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The Octavio Frias de Oliveira bridge, locally known simply as "Ponte Estaiada" (Portuguese: lit. 'Bridge Cable-stayed'), is a cable-stayed bridge over the Pinheiros River in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, opened in May 2008.
Ponte do Saber ("Bridge of Knowledge") is a cable-stayed bridge in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Designed by architect Alexandre Chan and completed in 2012, the bridge connects the Ilha do Fundão campus of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) to the southbound Red Line ( Linha Vermelha ) expressway that leads to downtown Rio de Janeiro .
A side-spar cable-stayed bridge may be an otherwise conventional cable-stayed bridge, but its cable support does not span the roadway, and is instead cantilevered from one side.
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Mirante da Ponte Estaiada "João Isidoro França" Encontro dos Rios, a natural place by the riverside Parnaíba and Poti. Parque Zoobotânico, a zoo with typical animals of the Brazilian fauna and other countries. Igreja de São Benedito, the main Catholic church of the city
A cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge is a modern variation of the cable-stayed bridge.This design has been pioneered by the structural engineer Santiago Calatrava in 1992 with the Puente del Alamillo in Seville, Spain.
The bridge was commissioned by Hercílio Luz, then governor of the state of Santa Catarina, to be the first permanent link between the island and the mainland.In addition to benefiting the then 40,000 residents of Florianópolis that were dependent on ferries to cross between the island and the mainland, Luz wanted to build the bridge to strengthen the position of Florianópolis as the state ...
Photograph of Ponte alle Grazie in 1860s, with Ponte Vecchio in background. On the city side was a small oratory with an icon of the Madonna Alle Grazie , which also gave the bridge its name. Structures were erected at each of the pylons, and remained there till a widening of the road, to make way for railway track.