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Created on: 01/04/07
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Pedro and Inês Bridge

Ponte Pedro e Inês
Built: 2005 - 2006
Status: in use
Location: Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Crosses: Mondego River
Pedro and Inês Bridge, Coimbra
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Structural Type:
Arch bridge
Function / usage:
Bicycle and pedestrian bridge

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer António Adão-da-Fonseca
Architect Cecil Balmond
Structural engineer Renato Bastos

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Design AFAssociados
Contractor Soares da Costa

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
deck  composite steel-reinforced concrete
piers  reinforced concrete
arches  steel
piles  reinforced concrete
abutments  reinforced concrete
pile caps  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  total length 274.5 m
  span lengths 30.5 m - 64 m - 110 m - 64 m - 6 m
  height above valley floor or water 10 m
deck   deck width 4 m

Chronology
June 2005
Beginning of construction.
26 November 2006
Completion.

Notes & Comments
This project was comissioned directly to Structural Engineer Antonio Adao-da-Fonseca, with contract signed with AFAssociados, where Adao da Fonseca was leading partner at the time.

Relevant Literature
* Fußgängerbrücke in Coimbra, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", 2007, n. 1-2 v. 47 .
* Kinked footbridge keeps a low profile, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 1st Quarter 2007, n. 46 v. 13 .
* Adão-da-Fonseca, Antonio   Ponte Pedro e Inês, in "Engenharia e Vida", September 2006, n. 27 .

 
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