Pont de Bac de Roda
The Bac de Roda Bridge—often called the Calatrava bridge—was built to stitch together two districts of Barcelona, linking Sant Martí to Sant Andreu across the city’s major northern railway approaches. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, it was constructed between 1984 and 1987, and its purpose is tied directly to the preparations for the 1992 Summer Olympics. You can trace its road connections: it carries Carrer de Bac de Roda to the south and Carrer de Felip II to the north. Metro access is close by—Bac de Roda station on line 2 sits about 100 metres (330 ft) to the south—making this crossing a practical hinge between rail, road, and urban movement. Locally, it is also known as the Pont de Calatrava, reflecting how quickly Calatrava’s name became shorthand for a new generation of Barcelona’s Olympic-era infrastructure.
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