Isla Celeste Bridge (Isla Penitencia)
Client: CORPACEL
Location: Samborondon, Ecuador
Year: 2014
Category: Bridges
Client: CORPACEL
Location: Samborondon, Ecuador
Year: 2014
Category: Bridges
Construction of the Bridge to Ciudad Celeste Island (Isla Penitencia or Isla Buijo).
169 meters long, on 45 prestressed concrete piles with lengths between 21 and 40 meters.
The structure of the bridge is a concrete pilecap, cast on site, bearing prefabricated prestressed concrete beams that are 30 and 35 meters long, weighing up to 40 tons each, and reinforced concrete preslabs and a final or topping slab.
The bridge has a cast-in-place concrete volume of 1,178 m3.
