Urban Stroll

Puente de la Mujer

Posted by Bernarrrd (Toronto, Canada) on 15 May 2009 in Architecture and Portfolio.

The Puente de la Mujer, which means "Woman's Bridge" in Spanish, is a pedestrian bridge situated in Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires designed by the architect Santiago Calatrava. It is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge that can rotate 90 degrees in order to allow water traffic to pass. When this happens, the far end of the bridge comes to a resting point on a stabilizing pylon.