We are working on strategic infrastructure and heritage in the province of Cordoba.

The Department of Development, Infrastructures and Territorial Planning of the Regional Government of Andalusia awarded the works for the improvement and rehabilitation of the Villa del Río Bridge over the Guadalquivir River on the A-3101 road (Cordoba) to Magtel, in Temporary Joint Venture (TJV) with Hierros Fuente Palmera.

This project involves the widening of the existing platform on the masonry and metal part of the bridge, in order to increase the capacity of the roadway and improve the drainage system. The double lane width will be 9.20 metres.

For the construction process of the rehabilitation, each of the existing spans will be dismantled and widened so that the bridge can be used for traffic in both directions. In addition, various specific reinforcements will be made to the current structure to adapt it to the new stresses and loads it will be subjected to. This will be done by removing it from its current position, i.e. by dismantling it, rehabilitating it and replacing it once it has been extended and reinforced.

In this sense, the initiative involves the adaptation of the vehicle containment system in accordance with current regulations, carrying out the necessary reinforcements to adapt the new width. From a load limit of 26 tonnes, there will be no load limitation.

Other objectives are the conservation of the historical image of the bridge, as well as the landscape restoration of Special Areas of Conservation (SAC).