THE TURIA RIVER after the flood of 1957

After the last flood of 1957, which marks can be seen on plates of various streets in Valencia, it was decided to divert the final stretch of its course to prevent new flooding.
There were several plans for the deviation:
-The plan north near Alboraya down the ravine of Carraixet.
-By the Albufera
-Another option was to make his mouth wider and enhance its margins.
-Finally it was decided to do the so-called the South Plan, creating a major new channel that led up near Pinedo. With dimensions that ensure that no overflow again (as it has been so far).
In 1958 the project was approved by the government of Spain, in 1961 established funding guidelines and in February 1965 was the beginnig of the works.
As a curiosity that water can be seen at the end of the plan South is sea water and no from the river.

This created a new problem, what to do with the old riverbed of the Turia?

As the brilliant original idea was to make it an urban highway that crossed the city, fortunately the people of Valencia went to the streets en masse to claim it as green space for the entire city. It was one of The biggest ever protests (in Valencia) that more people gathered, along the protests made ​​against building in the Albufera and against the war in Iraq.
The park of Turia, has about 10 kilometers long with about 110 hectares of space and its central section was inaugurated in 1986.
The park of Turia, going from the current Bioparc zooin the park de Cabecera (built a few years ago) to the City of Arts and Sciences. From there, the passage is closed and turned into a zone of highly contaminated wastewater. Until enter into the Port of Valencia where it disappears.
The area around the Palau de la musica was designed by renowned architect Ricardo Bofill (father), where most of the budget were spending thankfully, as later, instead of following urbanizing in modernistic way, that area is also recognized for having palm and orange trees, it was decided to create a Mediterranean forest (cheaper than the other) where pines predominate. Gradually all areas have been overhauled.
Parks currently exceeds others parcs in Paris or Madrid and from another cities.

If I have not discounted, the stretch of the old river bed has 23 bridges (between for pedestrians and for traffic)

picture from the inside of the old riverbed of the Turia made by me