Bridge Name: | Castilla–La Mancha Bridge |
Carries: | 2 lanes of motor vehicles on each side |
Locale: | Talavera de la Reina, Spain |
Mainspan: | 318 m[1] |
Length: | 730 m |
Width: | 43.50 m |
Height: | 192 m |
Coordinates: | 39.9506°N -4.8061°W |
Preceded: | Puente de la TO-1262 |
Followed: | Puente del Príncipe |
Architect: | Francisco Sánchez de León |
Engineering: | Ramón Sánchez de León |
Builder: | Sacyr, Aglomancha and J. Bárcenas |
Open: | 17 October 2011 |
The Castilla–La Mancha Bridge (Spanish: Puente de Castilla-La Mancha) is a cable-stayed bridge in Talavera de la Reina, Spain.
Promoted by the Regional Government of Castile-La Mancha, the foundation stone was laid in November 2007. It was opened on 17 October 2011.[2] The building companies were Sacyr, Aglomancha and J. Bárcenas.
Standing 192 m high, it was the tallest cable-stayed bridge in Spain upon the time of its inauguration.[3] It features 152 wire ropes.
With a total cost of nearly €74M, it was widely considered a waste of money in the media. With the opening of the so-called Variante Suroeste of the in March 2015, the bridge—via the Ronda del Tajo—is expected to finally help to drive the heavy-duty vehicle traffic out of the city center.[4]