N348 – Bridge over the reservoir of Castelo do Bode Dam



CONCEPTUAL DESIGN / SERVICES CARRIED OUT

Reinforced concrete arch in bi-cellular box girder, built using the technique of suspension by stay cables, anchored to the piers over the springings with additional provisional steel masts, balanced by provisional ties, sustained in turn by anchorages to the rock. The deck is 100 m above the bottom of the Zêzere valley.

LOCATION

Vila de Rei/Ferreira do Zêzere, Portugal

SERVICE DATE

1994

GENERAL FEATURES

Length: 385m
Main span: 224m
Width: 10.5m