The new Bridge of the Constitution of 1812 in Cádiz

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In case the city of Cadiz no longer had enough tourist attractions, now one more has been added. Yes! Yes! As you are reading it! If you live in the area you will already know what we are talking about but if you haven't visited La Tacita de Plata in a while, you may not have a clue. We are referring to the Bridge of the Constitution of 1812, the new bridge over the Bay of Cádiz, which has just been inaugurated by the Government.

Like the 25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal, or the Golden Gate in San Francisco, California, this new bridge can become a claim tourist. And it is one of the great milestones of Spanish engineering. Would you like to discover all the details of this new bridge in Cádiz? Well, do not miss anything we tell you below!

Cádiz, a benchmark in industrial engineering

The Bridge of the Constitution of 1812, that's what this is called mega-infrastructure, aims to unite Cádiz with Puerto Real, in addition to making the province a benchmark thanks to its modernity. In fact, right now they are at the forefront of industrial engineering. The new bridge will improve access to the city and its connection to the Bay. As if that were not enough, it is expected to contribute to the economic and social development of the City and its port.


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An investment of 511 million euros

The bridge, opened this week, began construction 8 years ago. The total investment has been 511 million euros, an astronomical amount that does not seem so much if we take into account everything that, as we mentioned at the beginning, is a milestone in Spanish engineering. Engineered by the engineer Javier Manterola and carried out by the Dragados company, the bridge was inaugurated 5 years after the date that was originally considered. With a length of five kilometers (3,092 pass over the sea), it is 36.8 meters wide, housing two lanes in both directions of travel. In addition, a platform has been built where a tramway is expected to circulate. It is one of the projects they have planned from the Junta de Andalucía.

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Construction data

Considered the second tallest bridge in the world (it measures 185 meters high), in front of the Golden Gate, it has been built using 100,000 cubic meters of concrete, 9 times more than in the Christ of Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro, and 70,000 tons of steel, nine and a half times more than the steel used in the Eiffel Tower in Paris. As for the height of the towers, they quadruple that of the Statue of Liberty. In fact, seeing him in person impress very much its dimensions. On the other hand, it is important to bear in mind that it is also the bridge with the highest vertical gauge on the planet and the most expensive and complex work of the Ministry of Public Works in recent years.

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The Second Bridge

To build the bridge, it took the work of up to 650 workers a day. It is made up of four structures: three viaducts (the one for access to Cádiz, the cable-stayed one and the one for access to Puerto Real) and a removable section, the construction and installation of which has been quite difficult and expensive. Although, as we have mentioned at the beginning, the construction has been officially called the Bridge of the Constitution of 1812, everything points to the people of Cádiz calling it the “Second Bridge"As they have been doing for the past few years.

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