Puente de la Barqueta | |
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![]() The Puente de la Barqueta, viewed from the left side of the Guadalquivir river | |
Coordinates | 37°24′16″N 5°59′50″W / 37.40444°N 5.99722°W |
Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles |
Crosses | Guadalquivir river |
Locale | Seville ( Andalusia– Spain) |
Official name | Puente Mapfre |
Preceded by | Puente del Alamillo |
Followed by | Pasarela de la Cartuja |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 214 m. |
Width | 21,4 m. |
History | |
Designer | Juan J. Arenas & Marcos J. Pantalerón |
Construction start | 1989 |
Construction end | 1992 |
Location | |
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The Puente de la Barqueta (literally "bridge of the barges", in reference to the formerly present "Barqueta Gate"), officially named Puente Mapfre, is a bridge in the city of Seville ( Andalusia, Spain), which spans the Alfonso XIII channel of the Guadalquivir river. It constituted one of the main means of access to the Isla de la Cartuja ("Cartuja island"). [1]
It was built between 1989 and 1992, on the occasion of the Universal Exposition Expo'92, and conceived as the main gate for this.
Puente de la Barqueta | |
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![]() The Puente de la Barqueta, viewed from the left side of the Guadalquivir river | |
Coordinates | 37°24′16″N 5°59′50″W / 37.40444°N 5.99722°W |
Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles |
Crosses | Guadalquivir river |
Locale | Seville ( Andalusia– Spain) |
Official name | Puente Mapfre |
Preceded by | Puente del Alamillo |
Followed by | Pasarela de la Cartuja |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 214 m. |
Width | 21,4 m. |
History | |
Designer | Juan J. Arenas & Marcos J. Pantalerón |
Construction start | 1989 |
Construction end | 1992 |
Location | |
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The Puente de la Barqueta (literally "bridge of the barges", in reference to the formerly present "Barqueta Gate"), officially named Puente Mapfre, is a bridge in the city of Seville ( Andalusia, Spain), which spans the Alfonso XIII channel of the Guadalquivir river. It constituted one of the main means of access to the Isla de la Cartuja ("Cartuja island"). [1]
It was built between 1989 and 1992, on the occasion of the Universal Exposition Expo'92, and conceived as the main gate for this.