Puente de Vizcaya (運搬橋)

Name of building
Puente de Vizcaya (運搬橋) 
Construction year
1893 
Structural system
Bridge,Iron 
Primary use
Transporter Bridge 
Architect
Alberto de Palacio 
Architect2
 
Structural engineer
Alberto de Palacio 
Constructor
 
Professional
 
Country
SPAIN 
Address
Las Arenas-Portugalete, Vizacaya 
Means of transportation
15km North-West of Bilbao.
local train from Estacion de Portugalete Bolsa(near Norte Station) 
Admission
Outside:OK
Inside:-- 
Reference
 
Note
a hanging bridge for passenger/car ferry-boat. the general name of this kind bridge: transporter bridge.
Bridge girder was destroyed by the Civil War in 1937. And repaired in 1943.
span: 164m.
Between river banks:160m. weidth of the river:
Photo taken on September 14, 1994.④-116. 
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