Maria Pia Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Two-hinged arch bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge
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| Other name(s): | Pia Maria Bridge |
| Built: | 1876 - 1877 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Porto, Porto, Portugal, Europe |
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| Crosses |
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| Replaced by |
Ponte de São João (1991)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 563 m | |
| arch span | 160 m | |
| height above valley floor or water | 61.20 m | |
| deck | deck width | 6.0 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | French Franc 965 000 |
Materials
| arch |
cast iron
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Ponte Maria Pia, Ordem dos Engenheiros, Região Norte, Portugal (Portugal), ISBN 972956468X, 2005
- The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA), ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 67-69
- La torre y el puente, CINTER, Madrid (Spain)
- L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 101
- Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 74-75
- Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 74-75
- L'architecture du fer, Champ Vallon, Seyssel (France), ISBN 2903528713, 322; pp. 109
- Gustave Eiffel, Editions Hazan, Paris (France), 1984; pp. 46-50
- Gustave Eiffel (2nd edition), Institute, Paris (France), ISBN 2907904000, 1989; pp. 42-43
- The extraordinary life and work of Monsieur Gustave Eiffel, the engineer who built the Statue of Liberty, the Porto Bridge, the Nice Observatory, the Garabit Viaduct, the Panama Locks, the Eiffel Tower, etc. (1st edition), Editions Graphite, Paris (France), 1984
- Eiffel: Le Magicien du fer, Editions de la Tournelle, Paris (France), 1939; pp. 133
- Le Passage (1st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg), ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 156-157
- Maurice Koechlin, in "Deutsche Bauzeitung", April 2002, n. 4 v. 136
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000054 |
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| Created: | 28/10/1998 |
| Last Updated: | 10/05/2013 |
