Vizcaya Bridge

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Vizcaya Bridge
Wide view from downriver, in Areeta.
Coordinates	43°19′23″N 3°01′01″W / 43.3231°N 3.0169°W / 43.3231; -3.0169
Crosses	Nervión
Locale	Portugalete-Getxo (Biscay), Spain
Characteristics
Design	Transporter bridge
Material	Iron
Total length	160 m (520 ft)
Height	45 m (148 ft)
History
Architect	Alberto Palacio
Engineering design by	Ferdinand Arnodin
Construction end	1893
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Vizcaya Bridge
Criteria	Cultural: (i), (ii)
Designated	2006 (30th session)
Reference no.	1217
Region	Europe and North America
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Puente de Vizcaya
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	17 July 1984
Reference no.	RI-51-0005163
Location

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.