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Butarque Footbridge, Cesma Ingenieros | International Design Awards Winners

Butarque Footbridge

CompanyCesma Ingenieros

Lead DesignersPeter Tanner, Juan Luis Bellod, David Sanz

Design TeamCesma Ingenieros

Project LocationLeganés, Spain

ClientMinistry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs

CreditsPhotos: Paco Gómez

Prize(s)Gold in Architecture Categories / Arches, bridges, viaducts and gateways

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Entry Description

A footbridge was required to allow pedestrians and cyclists to safely cross Butarque Park from side to side where it is traversed by a motorway under an expressway viaduct. The 165 m long bridge was designed as a continuous five-span steel-concrete composite deck with a triangular cross-section, which meanders between the piers of the viaduct. The reinforced concrete piers, with variable section rhombus-shaped shafts, are positioned at the arch mid-spans in the plan layout and, like the abutments, are monolithically connected to the deck. Overall, then, the system is a jointless bridge.