"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." -http://whc.unesco.org
The card I long waited for!
Thank you so much Rosalina for sharing this wonderful postcard with me!
I salute the man behind the making of this bridge...
You can watch more about the Vizcaya Bridge story HERE...
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