Vizcaya Bridge straddles the mouth of the Ibaizabal estuary, west of
Bilbao. It was designed by the Basque architect Alberto de Palacio and
completed in 1893. The 45-m-high bridge with its span of 160 m, merges
19th-century ironworking traditions with the then new lightweight
technology of twisted steel ropes. It was the first bridge in the world
to carry people and traffic on a high suspended gondola and was used as a
model for many similar bridges in Europe, Africa and the America only a
few of which survive. With its innovative use of lightweight twisted
steel cables, it is regarded as one of the outstanding architectural
iron constructions of the Industrial Revolution.
Thanks so much Beatriz!
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