The San Jorge Bridge (''Pont de Sant Jordi'' in

Valencian Valencian can refer to: * Something related to the Valencian Community ( Valencian Country) in Spain * Something related to the city of Valencia * Something related to the province of Valencia in Spain * Something related to the old Kingdom of ...

, ''Puente de San Jorge'' in

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

), is a

bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

located in

Alcoy Alcoy (; ; officially: / ) is an industrial and university city, region and municipality located in the Valencian Community, Spain. The Serpis river crosses the municipal boundary of Alcoy. The local authority reported a population of 61,135 r ...

(

Alicante Alicante (, , ; ; ; officially: ''/'' ) is a city and municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean port. The population ...

Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

, crossing the

Serpis River The Serpis () is a short coastal river in the provinces of Alicante and Valencia, in Spain. The river starts at the feet of the Carrasqueta, a mountain area southwest to Alcoi, by the confluence of the Polop and Troncal streams. In its initial p ...

. The style of the bridge is the

art déco Art Deco, short for the French (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s, ...

, is considered to be the most popular image of the city. It is one of the most representative art déco works in the Valencian Community and of the most colossal of this architectural style in Spain.

Architecture

The authors of the bridge were the architect Víctor Eusa and the engineers Carmelo Monzón Reparaz and Vicente Redón. They possessed the collaboration of the civil engineer

Alfonso Peña Boeuf Alfonso Peña Boeuf (23 January 1888 – 1 February 1966) was a Spanish civil engineer and administrator. He was Minister of Public Works from 1938 to 1945 in the government of General Francisco Franco. He did much to reconstruct the roads and rai ...

during his execution. The bridge possesses a length of 245 meters and a height of 45,40 meters on the Riquer river. It is placed in Alcoy's city center, communicating the ancient core with the widening that was foreseen to open in the areas known as the ''Horta Major''. The project of a viaduct was included inside the plans of urban development at the ends of the 19th century, it appears in the year 1876. But the work does not materialize up to the summer of 1923 for concession to the Navarrese company Erroz and San Martín. The works began in 1925, using

reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete or ferro-concrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ...

as material and with the own forms of the art déco style. The props are of ashlars and masonry and it possesses four principal supports. The work was financed by the municipality of Alcoy and it had a budget of 1.336.824 of pesetas and six years of works. It was inaugurated on March 26, 1931.Debajo del puente
Newspaper

El País (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second-most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . is the most read newspaper in ...

, August 13, 2000.

References

External links

San Jorge Bridge in Alcoy Tourism
Buildings and structures in Alcoy Bridges in the Valencian Community Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Alicante Art Deco architecture in Spain Bridges completed in 1931 1931 establishments in Spain Víctor Eusa buildings {{Spain-bridge-struct-stub