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🌉 Vizcaya Bridge

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🌉 Vizcaya Bridge
Transporter bridge spanning the Nervión River in Spain, 1893


🕐 3 min read · Updated 11 May 2026 at 06:17

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Getxo and Portugalete, Basque Country, Spain
  • Span: 160 metres; height: 45 metres above river
  • Completed: 1893; designed by Alberto Palacio
  • UNESCO inscription: 1997

Vizcaya Bridge is a transporter bridge in northern Spain that spans the Nervión River between Getxo and Portugalete ...

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