Chords Bridge
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The Chords Bridge (Hebrew: גשר המיתרים) is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge in Jerusalem, Israel, that will connect the Jerusalem Light Rail lines running east-west on Jaffa Road to the north-south Herzl Boulevard.
Designed by Santiago Calatrava, its construction began in 2007 at a cost of 220 million NIS to the Jerusalem municipality and Israeli government. The bridge is set to be inaugurated on June 25, 2008.[1]
Similar to Calatrava's earlier (1992) design, the Puente del Alamillo in Seville, Spain, this subtype does not balance forces by using a symmetrical arrangement of cable forces on each side of the tower, but rather makes use of an angled cantilever tower loaded by cable stays on one side only, and consists of a single pylon counterbalancing the 360 metre span with lengths of cables. While this leads to a less structurally efficient structure, it makes a dramatic architectural statement. A striking feature of the bridge is a single 118-metre high mast that will constitute the tallest structure in Jerusalem.[2] The bridge is expected to become a tourist attraction and another symbol of Jerusalem, although the light rail project is a year behind schedule and will not be operative until 2010.[3]
Calatrava designed a similar pedestrian bridge, but of smaller dimensions, in Petah Tikva, Israel.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Cidor, Peggy. "One bridge too far", Jerusalem Post, 2008-05-29. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
- ^ Tonight: Chords Bridge hung over Jerusalem's entrance
- ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/975689.html
[edit] External references
- Calatrava interview [1]
