Puente de las Artes was constructed in the late 1990s, at the dawn of the new millennium, designed by British architect Sir Norman Foster (who also created Valencia’s Conference Centre).
It joins the road Guillem de Castro with that of Padre Ferris. It was designed around and on the Turia Riverbed Gardens, not to have a river flowing under it, but to combine with the environment and harmonise with the views and feelings of the gardens.
With its state-of-the-art engineering, the Puente de las Artes provides a touch of modernity in contrast to the nearby ancient bridges with their great ashlars, yet its two 20-metre boards supported transversally on a single pillar do not detract from the historical Puente de San José Bridge nearby.
Next to the bridge stands the new IVAM (Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno) and locally the view of both structures is called “two jewels in futuristic Valencia emerging from the old Valencia”
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