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Alamillo Bridge in Seville, Spain spans the Guadalquivir River and was
completed in 1992 by Santiago Calatrava. It was built to allow access to
La Cartuja, a large, deserted island on which Spain decided to host Expo
92. The bridge is of the cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge type and consists
of a single pylon, counterbalancing a 200 m span with thirteen lengths
of cables. The original intent was to build two symmetrical bridges on
either side of the island, but in the end, the Alamillo's singular design
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