The Alamillo Bridge in Seville spans the Canal de Alfonso XIII to provide access to La Cartuja. Santiago Calatrava designed it. The article names no owner and no style. Construction began in 1989 and was completed in 1992, though an opening date is not given.
It is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge with no backstays or anchorage. A steel-shell tower filled with reinforced concrete leans 32 degrees backward and rises 140 meters (460 feet). Thirteen pairs of cables hold a hexagonal steel box-beam deck spine, 250 meters long, with a longest span of 200 meters. The foundation uses 54 steel piles.
Three traffic lanes run on each side of an elevated central footway and cycle lane. An enclosed stairway leads to a lookout at the top of the tower. The article gives no hours or fees.
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