Vizcaya Bridge
- Address: Maria Diaz de Haro Kalea
- Vicinity: Spans the Nervion River from Portugalete to Getxo
The Vizcaya Bridge is an 1893 transporter bridge that spans the Nervion River connecting the towns of Portugalete and Getxo, Spain. The 45-m-high bridge with its span of 160 m was included as a UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2006 for merging 19th-century ironworking traditions with the then new lightweight technology of twisted steel ropes. It was the first bridge in the world to carry people and traffic on a high suspended gondola. Also, for its innovative use of lightweight twisted steel cables, it is regarded as one of the outstanding architectural iron constructions of the Industrial Revolution. - AsNotedIn