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Zárate Brazo Largo Bridges, Argentina

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ZÁRATE BRAZO LARGO BRIDGES, ARGENTINA

The Zárate Brazo Largo Bridges they are two bridges cable-stayed road and rail , almost identical , which cross two branches of the Paraná river delta , the Paraná Guazú and the Paraná de las Palmas, distant about 30 kilometers between them , between the cities of Zárate, province of Buenos Aires, and Brazo Largo, province of Entre Ríos in Argentina.

The bridge on the Paraná de las Palmas river was named after General Bartolomé Mitre, while that on the Paraná Guazú to General Justo José de Urquiza. Both the bridges they do part of the system General Urquiza railway .

Up project of the engineer Italian Fabrizio de Miranda, the bridges were the first cable-stayed large-scale road and rail projects built In the world.

The bridges they have a scaffolding suspended 550 meters (overall), with a central span of 330 metres. The pylons they are 110 meters high and the deck is 2.6 meters thick.

PONTI ZÁRATE BRAZO LARGO GALLERY 01
PONTI ZÁRATE BRAZO LARGO GALLERY 02
PONTI ZÁRATE BRAZO LARGO GALLERY 03
PONTI ZÁRATE BRAZO LARGO GALLERY 04
PONTI ZÁRATE BRAZO LARGO GALLERY 05
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THE WORK AND THE TECHNIQUE

Construction period: 1971 - 1973
550

METERS OVERALL LENGTH

 

 

330

 METERS CENTRAL SPAN

110

METERS HEIGHT OF THE PYLONS

2.6

METERS THICKNESS OF THE DECK

CLIENT

Argentine Government

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