The total length of Seville’s Alamillo Bridge is 250 meters.
Santiago Calatrava designed the bridge for Seville’s preparations for Expo ’92. Construction began in 1989, and the bridge was completed in 1992, carrying traffic and pedestrians toward La Cartuja, the former Expo site on an island-like peninsula.
The bridge is especially notable for its single inclined tower, which rises about 140 meters and leans backward. Its weight counterbalances the bridge deck, allowing the design to work without the backstays normally associated with cable-stayed bridges.
The 250-meter total length is often confused with the bridge’s 200-meter main span. Those measurements describe different things: the total length covers the full bridge structure, while the main span is the principal crossing between supports. Thirteen pairs of cables connect the deck to the distinctive pylon.