Key facts
- Crosses
- Nervión
- Locale
- Portugalete - Getxo ( Biscay ), Spain
- Design
- Transporter bridge
- Material
- Iron
- Total length
- 160 m (520 ft)
- Height
- 45 m (148 ft)
- Architect
- Alberto Palacio
- Engineering design by
- Ferdinand Arnodin
- Official name
- Vizcaya Bridge
- Criteria
- Cultural: (i), (ii)
- Designated
- 2006 (30th session )
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Type
Article
The Vizcaya Bridge (Bizkaiko Zubia in Basque, Puente de Vizcaya in Spanish) is a transporter bridge that links the towns of Portugalete and Las Arenas (part of Getxo) in the Biscay province of Spain, crossing the mouth of the Nervion River.
People in the area, and even the official website, commonly call it the Puente Colgante (literally "hanging bridge", used for suspension bridge in Spanish), although its structure is quite different from a suspension bridge.