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INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Economic growth, social advancement and action against the climate emergency depend largely on investment in infrastructure, sustainable industrial development and technological progress. Today, about 1 billion people live more than 2 km from a roadway, 940 million live without electricity, and 663 million lack improved drinking water sources.
ACCIONA participates in the entire infrastructure construction value chain, from the identification of opportunity, design and execution, to the operation and maintenance of the constructed works, using the most advanced and innovative techniques.
Performance quality and safety are two of the criteria that maximize the company's value proposal in the development of large infrastructure projects and that differentiate it from other competitors in the construction field.
It is an elevatad pedestrian crossing over the Nervión estuary that connects, by means of ramps and stairways, Paseo Campo Volantín, on the right bank, with Paseo de Uribitarte, on the left bank.
The large inclined and unfolded parabolic steel arch crosses the footbridge from one side to the other. The steel arch has a circular section 50 cm thick and reaches a final height of 15 metres. The footbridge, with a total length of 75 metres, rises to a height of 8.50 metres above high tide to allow ships to pass under its subway. Two access ramps in two sections, each 2 metres wide and with a gradient of 7%, bridge the steep slope of the walkway to cross it from one side to the other.
The gangway is supported from the arch by tensioned cables of 30 mm in diameter that are anchored to the steel arch.
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Location: Bilbao, Spain.
- Contract type: Construction.
- Infrastructure: A large inclined parabolic steel arch, which supports the pedestrian structure with iron cables, 15 metres high, 75 metres long and rising 8.50 m above the high tide of the Bilbao estuary.
- Year of project completion: 1997