The Alamillo Bridge is the Spanish bridge in Seville, built for the 1992 Expo, that is shaped like a harp and crosses the Guadalquivir.
Designed by Santiago Calatrava, the bridge uses a single 142-metre pylon leaning away from the roadway. Thirteen pairs of cables extend from the pylon to support the deck, creating a distinctive harp-like profile.
The crossing was constructed for Seville’s Expo ’92 and connects the city with La Cartuja island, the former exhibition site. Unlike many cable-stayed bridges, it has no matching backstay pylon on the opposite side.
The bridge’s dramatic silhouette made it one of the best-known architectural legacies of the exposition. It is sometimes confused with Seville’s Barqueta Bridge, another Expo-era crossing on La Cartuja.