Puente de la Mujer
Woman's Bridge Puente de la Mujer | |
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| Coordinates | 34°36′29″S 58°21′54″W / 34.607939°S 58.364911°W |
| Crosses | Dock 3 in Puerto Madero |
| Locale | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Forward cantilever with gate-swing opening |
| Material | Steel, reinforced concrete |
| Total length | 170 metres |
| Width | 6.20 metres |
| Height | 34 metres |
| Longest span | 102.5 metres |
| History | |
| Designer | Santiago Calatrava |
| Construction start | 1998 |
| Opened | 20 December 2001 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | pedestrian |
| Location | |
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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 portion of the bridge which rotates 90 degrees in order to allow water traffic to pass. When it swings to allow watercraft passage, the far end comes to a resting point on a stabilizing pylon.