Laguna Garzón Bridge
Laguna Garzón Bridge | |
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 Laguna Garzón Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 34°48′09″S 54°34′20″W / 34.8024°S 54.5721°W |
| Carries | 2 lanes of roadway (1 either side of circle), pedestrians and bicycles |
| Crosses | Garzón lagoon |
| Locale | Connecting Rocha Department and Maldonado Department. |
| Official name | Laguna Garzón Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Steel, Concrete |
| History | |
| Designer | Rafael Viñoly |
| Construction start | September 2014 |
| Opened | 22 December 2015[1] |
| Location | |
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The Laguna Garzón Bridge is a bridge famous for its unusual circular shape.[2] It is located in Garzón, Urugway, and was designed by renowned Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly.[3][1] It is designed in a circular shape to force drivers to slow down, and allows for pedestrian access along the one-way circular route, including crosswalks that allow pedestrian access to either the inner or outer sidewalks of the circle.[4]
The bridge gives access across Laguna Garzón, a coastal lagoon previously served by a small 2-vehicle ferry that required daylight and good weather to operate. It was opened to vehicular traffic in December 2015, providing a crossing for pedestrians and up to approximately 1,000 vehicles a day.[5]
Gallery
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Detail of pedestrian crossings to sidewalks on outer and inner circle -
Positioning of bridge and approaches within the Laguna Garzón
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References
- ^ a b "The long-awaited Laguna Garzon Bridge is set up - Consultatio Real Estate". Consultatio Real Estate. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Weller, Chris (25 January 2016). "This circular bridge in Uruguay was built for 2 very specific reasons". Business Insider.
- ^ Lubin, Rhian. "Can you guess why architects built a road bridge circular instead of straight?". Mirror. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Huffington Post (27 January 2016). "This Circular Bridge Encourages Drivers To Slow Down And Take In The View". National Sun Times. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
...Each half circle on the bridge acts as a one-way street ... drivers will have to slow down to cross, ...
- ^ "Circular bridge by Rafael Viñoly spans Uruguay lagoon". Dezeen. 19 January 2016.
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