Jerusalem Chords Bridge (Jerusalem, Israel) : Detail, showing cables supporting the bridge, glass wall and stainless steel walkway
- Creator:
- Calatrava Valls, Santiago, 1951-
- Published/Created:
- Shazar Street and Herzl Boulevard, Jerusalem, Jerusalem (national district), Israel
2005-2008 - Physical Description:
- 119 m (height, mast); 160 m (length, span)
- Date Depicted:
- 2009
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- basalt cobblestones
glass
limestone
reinforced concrete
stainless steel
steel - Notes:
- Chords Bridge is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge at the entrance to Jerusalem. When the Red Line of the Jerusalem Light Rail begins service on April 7, 2011, the bridge will be used by trams running from outlying Jerusalem neighborhoods to the center of the city. Incorporated in the structure is a glass-sided pedestrian bridge enabling pedestrians to cross from Kiryat Moshe to the Jerusalem Central Bus Station. A striking feature of the bridge is a single 119-metre high mast supported by 66 steel cables constituting the tallest structure in Jerusalem. While this is Calatrava's 40th bridge, it is the first he has designed to carry both train and pedestrian traffic.
- Variant Titles:
- Gesher HaMeitarim
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Israel -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twenty-first century
- Culture:
- Israeli
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-SC-CB-A9
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
bridges (built works) (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architecture; engineering and industrial design; manufacturing; bridges (built works); Transportation; light rail systems built works; bridges (built works); transit systems; public transit; rail transit systems; light rail transit; cable railroads
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Six
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2009 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4125
- OID:
- 10076110
- PID:
- digcoll:1800920