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BUILDING REQUEST FORM
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Official sources: Constructor/Concessionaire's web page
Unofficial sources: technical data:
http://www.monografias.com/trabajos10/rosa/rosa.shtml; big numbers:
http://sobreargentina.com/2009/09/24...os-provincias/
Building Name: Puente Nuestra señora del Rosario
Native Name:
Other Names: Puente Rosario-Victoria
Street Address:
City: Rosario
State/Province: Santa Fe - Entre Ríos
Country: Argentina
Official Building Website URL:
http://www.puentesdellitoral.com.ar
Wikipedia.org URL: - English:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario-Victoria_Bridge
- Spanish (original):
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puente_Rosario-Victoria
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):
The phisical connection "Conexión Vial Rosario-Victoria" joins Rosario City in Santa Fe's Province with Victoria City in Entre Ríos
Province, crossing Paraná's river. It is a combination of 12 bridges and embankments on island's area, plus a main cable-stayed bridge with its two acces viaducts on Rosario City's coast.
- Total extension: 59.4 km (bridges: 12.3 km / embankments: 47.1 km)
- Cost: 385 million US$
- Concrete: 250,000 cubic meters
- Steel: 63,000 tons
- Asphalt: 17,618 tons
- Contractor: Puentes del Litoral SA (Impregilo-Yglis, Hochtief, Benito Roggio e hijos, Sideco-Iecsa, Techint)
- The main cable-stayed bridge (officaily called "Puente Nuestra Señora del Rosario" as a local Virgin) is 608 mts lenght; has a 350 mts separation between towers and two 129 meters corble-stretch. For a maximum ship's path of 300 mts wide and 50.3 mts tall. The bridge's vehicle path is a freeway-type has 4 lanes (2 each direction) with a total wide 21.4 mts.
Coordinates (with decimal fraction): -32.86982,-60.684357
Heights--
Source: http://www.puentesdellitoral.com.ar/...p?id_pagina=19
- main towers: 130 mts
- vehicle path: 50.3 mts
- main towers' bases: 10 mts
- normal water level: 0.00 mts
- foundations: - 60 mts
Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Cancelled, Destroyed, etc...): Built
Construction Dates--
- started: 1998
- finished: 2003
Structure Type(s): bridge (cable-stayed type)
Building Use(s): transport
Building Style(s):
Building Materials: reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete; wire ropes
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