Construction on the Bridge of
Strings at the entrance to
Jerusalem is expected to take
another seven months. The NIS
135 million bridge, designed
by Spanish architect Santiago
Calatrava, will be built on
concrete supports covered in
Jerusalem stone, above which
will hang a steel and glass
structure. Calatrava's slender
curved
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Construction on the Bridge of
Strings at the entrance to
Jerusalem is expected to take
another seven months. The NIS
135 million bridge, designed
by Spanish architect Santiago
Calatrava, will be built on
concrete supports covered in
Jerusalem stone, above which
will hang a steel and glass
structure. Calatrava's slender
curved span will soar above
the perpetual traffic jam at
the intersection of Jaffa Road
and Shazar and Herzl
boulevards, rising from near
the future train station -
which is slated to begin
carrying passengers to
Modi'in, Ben-Gurion Airport
and Tel Aviv in 2009.01/23/08

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