Abbas Ibn Firnás Bridge
Record: 365 m
Main Span Record: 132.50 m
The Abbas Ibn Firnas Bridge in Cordoba (Spain) is an arch bridge that crosses the Guadalquivir River as part of the southern section of the Cordoba Western Bypass, which connects the A-4 and A-45 with the N-437 (Airport road), and whose inauguration took place on 14 January 2011. The bridge has a length of 365 metres and a width of 30.4 metres. It is the seventh bridge to cross the Guadalquivir River as it passes through the city of Cordoba.
Description
It owes its name to the engineer Abbas Ibn Firnas, a precursor of aeronautics, who in the 9th century launched himself from the tower of the Arruzafa with a winged device he built to glide over Cordoba; for this reason, there is a sculpture in the central basin symbolising the figure of the engineer taking flight aided by the giant wings, represented in the arches.
In its structure, the access spans have been resolved by means of a continuous beam scheme, which consists of the extension of the deck of the cable-stayed spans to the abutment on the right bank of the River Guadalquivir. Due to the width of the riverbed, the bridge has two spans of 132.5 m each, with a central pier and three more approach spans on the right bank of the river.
The bridge platform supports two three-lane carriageways of 3.50 m in each direction, as well as one-metre wide shoulders, so the maximum permitted speed is 100 km/h. A 4.40 m wide strip is reserved between the edges of the inner verges, where the rigid median barriers are located and, between them, the structural elements of the restraint system.
Under the bridge there is a walkway for bicycles and pedestrians where a rusty iron plaque with information about Abbas ibn Firnas and the bridge is located.
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