mhh bridge

The first steel bridge across the Trinity River is designed by internationally renowned Spanish artist, architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava. The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge is Calatrava's first vehicular bridge to be built in the United States. The world-class bridge is being constructed to seamlessly connect Singleton Boulevard in West Dallas across the Trinity River to Woodall Rodgers (Spur 366) in downtown Dallas and points beyond.

Already an icon of Dallas, the gleaming 400-foot white arch, consisting of 25 steel segments, anchors the cable-stayed portion of the bridge with 58 cables ranging in size from four to eight inches in diameter. Each cable attached to the arch is secured back down into the center spine of the bridge bed itself, thus holding itself in suspension. Spring 2011, the cables were completely installed on the bridge. The false work (temporary supports under the suspension section) was removed in the summer, letting the cables rest. The next step is completion of the roadway approaches on both sides of the bridge. Photography by Jeremy Dickie