Pont Fernando Reig, Modern cable-stayed bridge in Alcoy, Spain.
Pont Fernando Reig is a cable-stayed bridge on the Ronda de Alcoy, 246 metres long, 20 metres wide and 40 metres high. A single pale tan concrete pylon with a slightly angled top carries thin dark cables that fan down to the flat deck, which has a blue parapet and a light concrete girder beneath.
The bridge was completed in 1987 and resolved a traffic problem that had long limited city expansion. It was part of a broader modernization wave that reshaped Alcoy during the late decades of the 20th century.
The bridge links two neighborhoods and is used daily by residents as part of their routine city life. It has become part of how people navigate and experience the urban layout of Alcoy.
The bridge carries the Ronda de Alcoy and is 20 metres wide, with a 246-metre span. It closed for repairs in August 2016 and reopened in April 2018; during that time, traffic was diverted and nearby bridges such as María Cristina became two-way.
At its opening in 1987 it was the world's longest span built with a precast concrete deck, a detail easy to miss when crossing. The deck measures 246 metres long, 20 metres wide and stands 40 metres high, part of Alcoy's ring road.
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