Brief Description
"Vizcaya Bridge straddles the mouth of the Ibaizabal estuary, west of Bilbao. It was designed by the Basque architect Alberto de Palacio and completed in 1893. The 45-m-high bridge with its span of 160 m, merges 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 and was used as a model for many similar bridges in Europe, Africa and the America only a few of which survive. With its innovative use of lightweight twisted steel cables, it is regarded as one of the outstanding architectural iron constructions of the Industrial Revolution."
维斯盖亚桥
维斯盖亚桥
"维斯盖亚桥横跨毕尔巴鄂西面的伊拜萨巴河口。这座桥由巴斯克建筑师阿尔贝托•德•帕拉西奥设计，于1893年完工。桥高 45米，跨度160米，融合了19世纪的钢铁传统和当时新兴的螺纹钢筋轻质技术。维斯盖亚桥是世界上第一座供行人和车辆通过的高空拉索桥，欧洲、非洲和 南、北美洲的很多大桥都是仿照该桥建造的，不过保存至今的为数不多。由于别出心裁地使用了螺纹钢筋轻质技术，比斯开桥被誉为工业革命时代最杰出的钢铁建筑 之一。"
Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1217
Courtesy of davidzaz from postcrossing forum
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