La Pepa Bridge Cadiz Spain
by Pablo Avanzini
Title
La Pepa Bridge Cadiz Spain
Artist
Pablo Avanzini
Medium
Photograph - Color
Description
La Pepa Bridge (Puente de La Pepa in Spanish), officially "La Pepa" and also named the second bridge to Cadiz or new access to Cadiz, will be a bridge which will cross the Bay of Cadiz linking Cadiz with Puerto Real in mainland Spain. When the bridge is finished it will be the longest bridge in Spain and the longest span cable-stayed in this country.
The pylons of sustentation measure 180 metres. One of them is on the sea, and the other in the Cabezuelas Harbour.
In 1969 it was inaugurated the first bridge of Cadiz, the Carranza bridge. Since 1982 Spain's government accepts the need to build a new bridge. Nowadays 40,000 vehicles per day across the bay by the first bridge.
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October 16th, 2014
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