# Ricobayo Arch Bridge

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**The Ricobayo Arch Bridge** (Spanish: *Puente de San Esteban* or *Arco de Ricobayo*) is a supported deck arch bridge that carries the [National 122 Road](/source/N-122_road_(Spain)) over the [Esla River](/source/Esla_River) at [Ricobayo](/source/Ricobayo) in the province of [Zamora, Spain](/source/Province_of_Zamora).

The original bridge at Ricobayo was drowned after the river was [dammed](/source/Ricobayo_Dam) impounding the Ricobayo reservoir. The arch bridge rises 23 m (75.5 ft) above the maximum water level of the reservoir. Its arch is a composite hollow box section of steel and concrete. The total length of the bridge is 219 m (718.5 ft) with an arch spanning 168 m (551 ft).

## Other bridges nearby

- *Requejo viaduct* has a steel arch stretching 120 m (394 ft) across the [Duero River](/source/Duero_River) at [Pino del Oro](/source/Pino_del_Oro). It was designed by engineer Jose Eugenio Ribera[1]
- *Martin Gil Viaduct*, measuring 192 m (630 ft), a world record in its day. The team included [Eduardo Torroja](/source/Eduardo_Torroja). Construction of the *Martín Gil Viaduct* was disrupted by the [Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War), resulting in sources giving differing dates for completion: - Zamora 1942[2] - 1936 *Rio Esla-Brücke*[3] Zamora, 192 m.

## See also

- [Ricobayo Dam](/source/Ricobayo_Dam)

## References

1. ["The Requejo Viaduct-Bridge rehabilitation"](http://www.infrastructuresandtransport.sener/project/requejo-viaduct-bridge-rehabilitation)

1. 209 m

## External links

- Perez-Fadon, Santiago. Proyecto y construccion del Arco de Ricobayo, in "Hormigón y acero", 2nd Quarter 1999, n. 212.

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