Bridge,
Not only is the ‘Bridge’ important as a necessary infrastructure and a pleasant design, what is really important is what happens above and below the Bridge.
The bridge of the Exhibition (in Valencian Pont de l'Exposició and popularly known as "de la Peineta" for the arch that forms its peculiar design or "de Calatrava" by its designer and architect) is located in the city of Valencia (Spain ),
and crosses from shore to shore the Turia Gardens which occupies the old course of the Turia River as it passes through the city.
The bed of the old riverbed of the Turia river runs from the northwest to the south east, now dyed in emerald green an endless number of parks and leisure places, within a plan for the city called 'Un riu de Chíquets' in Spanish' Un rio de Niños', in English A river of Children, making this a green belt that surrounds the city and making it one of the most important lungs and places to practice any sport in the city of Turia.
The current bridge was designed by the Valencian engineer and architect Santiago Calatrava in high-resistance steel, although it is covered in white paint, and was built between 1991 and 1995, at the same time that the same architect built the station underground or metro, inaugurated at the same time.
Santiago Calatrava has sold this same design to many cities around the planet, removing that halo of exclusivity that the city of Valencia once had.
Inaugurated in 1995, it replaced a previous sober bridge that in turn was replacing a beautiful footbridge built in 1909 to give citizens direct access from the city to the Regional Exhibition area.
That footbridge was destroyed by the great flood that Valencia suffered in 1957.
That footbridge was destroyed by the great flood that Valencia suffered in 1957.
It connects the city center from the Door of the Sea, through the street of Justice, to the Alameda Walk, just above the Subway Valencia station that bears the name of Alameda Station, at the approximate height where it took place the Valencian Regional Exhibition of 1909, which is why it acquires its name.
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