Bac de Roda Bridge

Bac de Roda Bridge
The Bac de Roda Bridge
Coordinates	41°24′58″N 2°11′33″E / 41.416191°N 2.192464°E / 41.416191; 2.192464Coordinates: 41°24′58″N 2°11′33″E / 41.416191°N 2.192464°E / 41.416191; 2.192464
Locale	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Official name	Pont de Bac de Roda
Characteristics
Design	Santiago Calatrava
Total length	129 m (423 ft)
Longest span	46 m (151 ft)
Clearance above	8 m (26 ft)
History
Opened	1987

The Bac de Roda Bridge, known locally as the Calatrava bridge, is a road bridge that links the districts of Sant Andreu and Sant Martí in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The bridge was constructed between 1984 and 1987, to a design by Santiago Calatrava, as part of the preparations for the 1992 Summer Olympics.

The bridge connects the Carrer de Bac de Roda, to the south in Sant Martí, with the Carrer de Felip II, to the north in Sant Andreu, across the main railway approaches to Barcelona from the north. The Bac de Roda station, on line 2 of the Barcelona Metro, is some 100 metres (330 ft) to the south of the bridge.

View from south

western walkway

detail of the structure

view from Carrer de Felip II