The Puente de la Mujer footbridge in the Puerto Madero barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina spans "dique 3" or dock 3. 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.
It was designed by Santiago Calatrava and is similiar to his Sundial Bridge. The footbridge was donated by Don Alberto L. Gonzalez to the City of Buenos Aires in thanks for 60 years of work in the country. Started in 1998, it was completed on 20 December 2001.
External Links
[Architect's Web Site (http://www.calatrava.com/search_cat.html?iid=l48a&lang=1&a=10&p=T&s=T&id=23&iid2=l10a1b2c2d1e&r=2)]
It was built to allow access to La Cartuja, a large, deserted island on which Spain decided to host Expo 92.
The bridge is of the cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge type and consists of a single pylon, counterbalancing a 200 m span with thirteen lengths of cables.
PuentedelaMujer for another bridge by this architect.
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