Ricobayo Arch Bridge

The Ricobayo Arch Bridge (Spanish: Puente de San Esteban or Arco de Ricobayo) is a supported deck arch bridge that carries the National 122 Road over the Esla River at Ricobayo in the province of Zamora, Spain. The Esla is dammed downstream from the bridge impounding the Ricobayo reservoir.

Ricobayo Arch Bridge
Coordinates	41.5354°N 5.9787°W
Crosses	Esla River
Locale	Ricobayo, Zamora
Characteristics
Design	Arch
Total length	219m (718.5 ft)
Width	11 m (33ft), 2 lanes
Longest span	164m (540 ft).
History
Opened	1990s
Location

Its arch is a composite hollow box section of steel and concrete. The total length of the bridge is 219 m (718.5 ft) with an arch spanning 168 m (551 ft) and rising 23 m (75.5 ft) above the maximum water level of the reservoir.

Other bridges nearby

• Requejo viaduct has a steel arch stretching 120 m (394 ft) across the Duero River at Pino del Oro. It was designed by engineer Jose Eugenio Ribera[1]
• Martin Gil Viaduct, measuring 192 m (630 ft), a world record in its day. The team included Eduardo Torroja. Construction of the Martín Gil Viaduct was disrupted by the Spanish Civil War, resulting in sources giving differing dates for completion:
  • Zamora 1942[2]
  • 1936 Rio Esla-Brücke[3] Zamora, 192 m.

References

1. "The Requejo Viaduct-Bridge rehabilitation".
2. 209 m Martín Gil Viaduct at Structurae
3. "Rio Esla-Brücke". brueckenweb.de (in German).

External links

• Ricobayo Dam Arch at Structurae

• Perez-Fadon, Santiago. Proyecto y construccion del Arco de Ricobayo, in "Hormigón y acero", 2nd Quarter 1999, n. 212.