The Vizcaya Suspension Bridge It is located a few kilometers from Bilbao, and was built in the late nineteenth century with the aim of uniting the two banks of the mouth of the Nervión river. A monument that is also an engineering work of the time, and which was declared World Heritage by Unesco in 2009.
Yesterday, July 28, the Vizcaya Bridge was news since it was no less than 120 years old. In Hard Hobbit To Break We wanted to dedicate a mention to it, since it seems to us one of the most original and important bridges in our country.
Only one in the world
The Vizcaya Suspension Bridge is celebrating. And it is not fulfilled 120 years every day… For this reason, different recreational activities have been scheduled to commemorate the name day of this bridge, which is as special as it is in Biscay.
The Suspension Bridge was designed by Alberto Palacio Elissague, a disciple of the creator of the Eiffel tower, in the late 19th century, and was built by the French engineer Ferdinand Joseph Arnodin. It was inaugurated on July 28, 1893 and, since then, the towns of Portugalete and Getxo, one on each bank of the river, were no longer separated.
A large frame with two horizontal iron beams supported by four tall towers, also made of iron, makes up the body of the bridge. Its construction greatly facilitated communications between both sides of the river, without hindering navigation along it, which at the time was one of the busiest river ports in Europe.
In addition, it became an element innovative, since it was the first shuttle bridge to be built in the world with a metal structure. Today it is the only one in the world with these characteristics that still works.
Страна Басков. Орёл и Решка. Ивлеева VS Бедняков (eng, rus sub) (April 2024)
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