Javier Manterola

Who is Javier Manterola?

Javier Manterola Armisén is a Spanish civil engineer and professor at the Escuela Superior de Ingenieros de Madrid. Manterola is particularly known for his work as a bridge designer of the engineering firm Carlos Fernández Casado. Author of numerous and varied projects, in collaboration with different Spanish architects as Rafael Moneo, has won over his professional career several awards such as the Premio Príncipe de Viana de la Cultura . He is a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.

Probably, his best known work is the Puente de La Pepa, currently under construction. This bridge is expected to become the main access to the city of Cádiz. Another of his most important designs is the Ingeniero Carlos Fernández Casado bridge in the AP-66 which spans a part of the Barrios de Luna reservoir in León, which was a world record for a decade in several categories and still is the longest span in Spain. Author of many bridges in Zaragoza, Manterola designed the Manuel Giménez Abad Bridge for Zaragoza's third ring road and the Barranco de la Muerte aqueduct, structure for the Canal Imperial de Aragón to span the previously mentioned Z-30.