Avenue 2008, measuring 600 metres long and 8 metres wide, is the main street of the site around which the Participating Country Pavilions and Entertainment Spaces are laid out. It will be the venue for a large part of the shows to be held on the site. Avenue 2008 is the backbone of the Expo Zaragoza 2008 site. Enjoy its 600 metres by 8 metres of space shaded by a cloth canopy designed by Isidro Ferrer. Here messages can be read related to the water that brings together humans and nature. For 93 days, the cavalcade designed by Cirque du Soleil The Awakening of the Serpent will pass down Avenue 2008 at midday. At night, a musical rúa and travelling theatre groups will liven up this space to make it one of the liveliest venues at Expo Zaragoza 2008. From: www.expozaragoza2008.es

The Bridge Pavilion represents over 30 years of detailed research and examination by Zaha Hadid into bridge design. The result of these studies is a 5,700 ton glass-fibre reinforced concrete structure, covered in 29,000 triangles in different shades of grey and with the deepest foundations piles in Spain at 68m. Hadid said: "We like projects which are structurally ambitious and I think the Bridge Pavilion illustrates the excellent symbiotic relationship we have with engineers." She adds: "Our ambitions towards creating fluid, dynamic and therefore complex structures has been aided by technological innovations, and applying this knowledge to the Bridge Pavilion has been a very rewarding process." From:www.worldarchitecturenews.com