Located almost at the mouth of the River Nervión (Vizcaya), this bridge connects the towns of their margins, Portugalete and the district of Getxo sands, through a transporter bridge saving around road over 20 miles.
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Opened in 1893, was the first such bridge built in steel structures throughout the world, and allowed the transfer from one bank to another by facilitating communications between two locations without affecting the navigation of one of the busiest ports in Europe the time.
The design of the bridge is Alberto de Palacio, the architect of the Glass Palace Retiro Park, the headquarters of the Bank of Spain and the Atocha train station, all in Madrid .
What made it unique to this bridge, was the result of the union of the iron bridges, suspension bridges subjects with steel cables, and the ingenious mechanism for transporting people and cargo from one bank to another.
Basically, the bridge consists of four towers, two on each bank of the river holding two horizontal beams on which the rails are mounted on a carriage that moves the car from which hangs in which crosses from one side to another.
If you do not have much dizzy and I feel like walking across the catwalk above the rails where to find the basket, you can go by either panoramic elevators located in each of the banks . There
bear in mind that they are 61 meters high and 160 meters walk, which must be added the Rolling Bridge gets when the car is cruising or days of strong wind.
have more information on the bridge and fares on its website: http://www.puente-colgante.com/principal.html
One of the most interesting options section of the webcam, live where you can see the bridge and the surrounding villages from any of 10 preset camera views: http://www.puente-colgante.com/webcam.html
NOTE: In order to view the webcam, you need a browser that supports Java. In internet explorer is working fine.
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