"La Concordia" outstanding arch bridge in Valdebebas, Madrid
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Francisco Millanes Mato
(Professor of Steel & Composite Bridges and Structures, Technical University of Madrid President and CEO of IDEAM, S.A.-T.Y.Lin International Group)
Miguel Ortega Cornejo (Associate Professor of Steel & Composite Bridges and Structures, Technical University of Madrid Engineering Director of IDEAM, S.A.-T.Y.Lin International Group) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Challenges for Existing and Oncoming Structures, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-27 May 2022 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Prague 2022 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1519-1526 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/prague.2022.1519 | ||||
| Abstract: |
“La Concordia” Bridge, with a 162 m span, is due to become one of Madrid’s most relevant landmarks. Its conception was governed by the surrounding services constraints, aesthetical concern and structural efficiency. The result is a bowstring steel arch with composite deck, whose shape inspired in industrial design, blends with Barajas Airport’s T4 Terminal. The bridge also displays an innovative connection between arch and deck: diagrid, a steel mesh which, adequately combined with the lighting devices endows the bridge with unique personality. |
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| Keywords: |
lighting bowstring Diagrid industrial design structural orthodoxy
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| Copyright: | © 2022 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) | ||||
| License: | This creative work is copyrighted material and may not be used without explicit approval by the author and/or copyright owner. |
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