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ARGENTINA - CIRCA 2009: Puente De La Mujer in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 01 2009 - The pedestrian drawbridge " Puente de la Mujer", Santiago Calatrava's "Woman's Bridge" Puerto Madero, also known as the Puerto Madero Waterfront - Río de la Plata riverbank - the latest architectural trends in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina - The Puente de la Mujer Spanish for "Woman's Bridge"is a footbridge in the Puerto Madero district of Buenos Aires, Argentina that spans It is of the Cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge type and is also a swing bridge, but somewhat unique in its asymmetrical arrangement - It has a single mast with cables suspending a portion of the bridge which rotates 90 degrees in order to allow water traffic to pass - When it swings to allow watercraft passage the far end comes to a resting point on a stabilizing pylon - It was designed by Santiago Calatrava and is similar to his Puente del Alamillo and Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay, but with a forward, rather than a reverse angled cantilever, as is seen in those bridges - The footbridge was donated by Alberto L. Gonzalez to the City of Buenos Aires in gratitude for 60 years of work in the country - Started in 1998, it was completed on December 20, 2001. (Photo by Jean Marc CHARLES/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)