St Elmo Bridge
St Elmo Bridge | |
|---|---|
The bridge and the breakwater | |
| Coordinates | 35°54′10.29″N 14°31′15.64″E / 35.9028583°N 14.5210111°E |
| Named for | Fort Saint Elmo |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arched truss footbridge |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Width | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| Clearance below | 9 m (30 ft) from mean high water level |
| Design life | 120 years |
| History | |
| Architect | Arenas & Asociados |
| Construction end | 5 October 2011 |
| Construction cost | €2.8 million |
| Inaugurated | 24 July 2012 |
| Location | |
The St Elmo Bridge is a single-span arched truss steel footbridge leading from the foreshore of Fort Saint Elmo in Valletta, Malta, to the breakwater at the entrance of the Grand Harbour. It was constructed in 2011–12 to designs of the Spanish architects Arenas & Asociados. The bridge stands on the site of an earlier bridge which had been built in 1906 and destroyed during World War II in 1941. The original bridge had a design similar to the present one, but it had two spans instead of one.