Tilos' Arch (Los Sauces, 2004)

Tilos' Arch

Structural Type:	Arch bridge
Function / usage:	Road bridge
Construction method:	Cantilever construction using temporary cable-stays
Other name(s):	Arco de los Tilos
Built:	2001 - 2004
Status:	in use

Location:	Los Sauces, San Andrés y Sauces, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

	total length	319 m
	span lengths	15 m - 17 x 17 m - 15 m
	height above valley floor or water	150 m
arch	width	6 m
	rise	45 m
	arch span	255 m
	wall thickness	20 - 25 cm
	depth	3 m
deck	width	12 m
deck	deck depth	1.35 m

deck	composite steel-reinforced concrete
piers	reinforced concrete
arch	reinforced concrete
abutments	reinforced concrete
stay cables	prestressing steel

June 2001	Construction begins.
April 2002	Deck-Arch cantilever construction begins.
June 2004	Completion of the arch.
November 2004	Load tests.
December 2004	Opening to traffic.

Fadón, Santiago & Herrero, José Emilio Strength and beauty, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 1st Quarter 2005, n. 38 v. 11
Juliá Vilardell, Manuel & Ortega Vidal, David El control del proyecto del Arco de los Tilos, presented at II Congreso de ACHE, 11/2002.
Marí Bernat, Antonio & Perez-Fadón Martinez, Santiago Efectos estructurales no lineales en el puente de Arco de Los Tilos, presented at II Congreso de ACHE, 11/2002.
Perez-Fadón Martinez, Santiago Arco de los Tilos, presented at Congreso CEA 2004, 09/2004.
Perez-Fadón Martinez, Santiago El H.A.P. en el Arco de los Tilos, in "Hormigón y acero", n. 228
Perez-Fadón Martinez, Santiago El Arco de los Tilos. Aspectos del cálculo, presented at II Congreso de ACHE, 11/2002.
Perez-Fadón Martinez, Santiago El Arco de los Tilos en la isla de la Palma, presented at II Congreso de ACHE, 11/2002.
Rodriguez, Juan I. Viaducto de los Tilos, in "Revista del Ministerio de Fomento", July 2004, n. 531