The Jenny Garzón Bridge, better known as the Guadua Bridge, is the only pedestrian bridge in the city of Bogotá built from this sustainable and renewable material.
Jenny Garzón's Bridge it is less polluting thanks to the use of guadua. It was built to facilitate the crossing of two heavily trafficked roads, thereby reducing the likelihood of accidents.
The bridge, which is built at a about 5.8 meters high, approximately, has a lAbout 45 m long. and one 3 m wide. When construction was completed and load tests were conducted, the structure sank 20 centimeters, forcing a change in the materials used for the roof and the deck.
Building with this material, guadua, offers numerous benefits, such as, for example, not to produce toxic waste or his rapid growth, which causes the guadua to become a highly competitive material. In addition, thanks to its flexibility it would perform very well if it were to is hit by an earthquake.
