Landmark
Ponte Estaiada Octavio Frias de Oliveira
Cable-stayed span whose single X-shaped tower balances two curved roadways above a river.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Ponte Estaiada Octavio Frias de Oliveira in São Paulo untangles how much the bridge actually cost, and why City Hall's budget and the later bills never agree, tracing the money back to development rights sold to builders in the district beyond the riverbank rather than to ordinary taxes. It walks through the single X-shaped tower's engineering trick, holding up two separate curved roadways at different heights, and the metal wind noses bolted to the railings to steady the decks in heavy gusts. Look up for the fan of steel cables holding both roadways from one pylon.
This audio guide was created using AI.