Bac de Roda Bridge

Bac de Roda Bridge
The Bac de Roda Bridge
Coordinates	41°24′58″N 2°11′33″E / 41.416191°N 2.192464°E / 41.416191; 2.192464Coordinates: 41°24′58″N 2°11′33″E / 41.416191°N 2.192464°E / 41.416191; 2.192464
Locale	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Official name	Pont de Bac de Roda
Characteristics
Design	Santiago Calatrava
Total length	129 m (423 ft)[1]
Longest span	46 m (151 ft)[1]
Clearance above	8 m (26 ft)[1]
History
Opened	1987[1]
Location
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The Bac de Roda Bridge, known locally as the Calatrava bridge, is a road bridge that links the districts of Sant Andreu and Sant Martí in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The bridge was constructed between 1984 and 1987, to a design by Santiago Calatrava, as part of the preparations for the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

The bridge connects the , to the south in Sant Martí, with the , to the north in Sant Andreu, across the main railway approaches to Barcelona from the north. The Bac de Roda station, on line 2 of the Barcelona Metro, is some 100 metres (330 ft) to the south of the bridge.^[2][3]

Pictures[]

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  View from south

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  western walkway

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  detail of the structure

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  view from Carrer de Felip II

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Bac de Roda Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

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