Puente de la Mujer

The Puente de la Mujer (Spanish for "Woman's Bridge") is a rotating footbridge for Dock 3 of the Puerto Madero commercial district of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

It has a single mast with cables suspending a portion of the bridge which rotates 90 degrees in order to allow water traffic to pass.

[1] The 170-metre pedestrian bridge weighs 800 tonnes, is 6.20 m wide and is divided into two fixed portions, 25 m and 32.50 m long respectively, and a middle section of 102.5 m that rotates on a white concrete pylon, allowing vessels to pass in less than two minutes.

Costing about US$6 million, the bridge was manufactured by the Urssa steel fabrication conglomerate in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque Country of northern Spain.

[4] In 2022, the floor of the bridge was renovated for the first time, using plastic wood made with bottles donated in the green points of the city.

The short pylon seen below and beyond the cantilever spar is the resting place when the bridge is open. The ship beyond is the museum ship Presidente Sarmiento .
Crossing of the bridge at night.
Love locks beside the Puente de la Mujer.