Burguillo Reservoir Arch Bridge

Burguillo Reservoir Arch Bridge
Burguillo Reservoir Arch Bridge
Coordinates	40°25′42″N 4°32′21″W / 40.4282°N 4.5392°W
Carries	2 lanes of N-403
Crosses	El Burguillo Reservoir
Locale	El Tiemblo, Ávila, Spain
Maintained by	Spanish Ministry of Public Works
Characteristics
Design	Concrete arch bridge
Total length	260m
Width	12m
Longest span	165m
History
Construction cost	€2.4million
Location

The Burguillo Reservoir Arch Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge crossing the El Burguillo Reservoir near Ávila, Spain.^[1] Crossing the part of the reservoir known as "Garganta Honda" (deep throat), it is part of the 8km long El Tiemblo bypass. Of the €5.1 million cost of the bypass, the bridge comprised about €2.4 million. Construction began in 1997. The arch was built by a segmental construction method using travelling formwork.

References

^ Alejandro Pérez Caldentey (March 2003), Site Measurements on the Burguillo Arch Bridge (PDF), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-19, retrieved 2 August 2014

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[UPM-1] Alejandro Pérez Caldentey (March 2003), Site Measurements on the Burguillo Arch Bridge (PDF), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-19, retrieved 2 August 2014

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