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Socorridos Bridge<br />
 
Socorridos Bridge<br />
Ponte Socorridos<br />
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Ponte dos Socorridos<br />
 
Câmara de Lobos, Madeira Island, Portugal<br />
 
Câmara de Lobos, Madeira Island, Portugal<br />
 
394 feet high / 120 meters high<br />
 
394 feet high / 120 meters high<br />
 
348 foot span / 106 meter span<br />
 
348 foot span / 106 meter span<br />
 
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1993<br />
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Image by Graham Ramsden 52.
  
  
One of the highest concrete beam bridges in Spain, the Cuesta da Silva Viaduct has a central pier of 348 feet (106 mtrs).  Curving above the rugged coast of the Atlantic Ocean, the span is one of two high bridges on the island of Gran Canaria.  The other is the beautiful Guiniguada Viaduct near San José Artesano.  Also planned for Gran Canaria Island is the Tenoya Viaduct - a concrete beam bridge that will rise 364 feet (111 meters) above the ground near the town of the same name.  Though not as high as the three previous bridges at 230 feet (70 mtrs), a unique cable stayed bridge is planned near the town of Teror, higher up on the slope of a Gran Canaria volcano.
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Located near the coast of the Portuguese island of Madeira is the Ponte dos Socorridos, a beautiful and rare extradosed bridge with concreted stay “sails” similar to the Ganter bridge in Switzerland.  Located near Câmara de Lobos, the unusual span carries a 2-lane highway about 394 feet (120 mtrs) above a V-shaped canyonAlso on the island is the no less ordinary João Gomes bridge, a prestressed concrete beam span that is wedged between two tunnels 410 feet (125 meters) above a tight canyon near Funchal.  
 
   
 
   
  
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Socorridos Bridge satellite image.
 
Socorridos Bridge satellite image.
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Socorridos Bridge location map.
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Latest revision as of 02:49, 18 September 2019

Socorridos Bridge
Ponte dos Socorridos
Câmara de Lobos, Madeira Island, Portugal
394 feet high / 120 meters high
348 foot span / 106 meter span
1993

SocorridosGrahamramsden52.jpg

Image by Graham Ramsden 52.


Located near the coast of the Portuguese island of Madeira is the Ponte dos Socorridos, a beautiful and rare extradosed bridge with concreted stay “sails” similar to the Ganter bridge in Switzerland. Located near Câmara de Lobos, the unusual span carries a 2-lane highway about 394 feet (120 mtrs) above a V-shaped canyon. Also on the island is the no less ordinary João Gomes bridge, a prestressed concrete beam span that is wedged between two tunnels 410 feet (125 meters) above a tight canyon near Funchal.


SocorridosAerial.jpg

Socorridos Bridge satellite image.


FunchalAreaBridgesMap.jpg

Socorridos Bridge location map.


MadeiraIslandBridgesMap.jpg