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Puente Vizcaya - Vizcaya Bridge - El Transbordador de Vizcaya

48920 / 48930 Portugalete / Getxo, Spain (Bizkaia)
Address Barria, Nº 3 - Puente de Vizcaya Zubia
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Bridges and Tunnels
  • World Heritage Site

Opening times
 Lifts / Catwalk: LOW SEASON (from November to March)
Mon - Fri - GETXO: 10am-7pm; Mon - Fri - PORTUGALETE: 12noon-7pm;
Sat, Sun - GETXO and PORTUGALETE: 10am-7pm;
HIGH SEASON (from April to October)
Mon - Thur 10:00am to 08:00pm; Fri, Sat, Holiday eves 10am-9pm;
Sun, Holiday 10am-8pm;
JULY and AUGUST
Mon - Thur 9am-8pm; Fri, Sat, Holiday eves 9am-9pm;
Sun, Holidays 9am-8pm
Ascensores: TEMPORADA BAJA (de noviembre a marzo)
Lun-vie - GETXO: 10:00-19:00; Lun-vie - PORTUGALETE: 12:00-19:00;
Sáb, dom - GETXO y PORTUGALETE: 10:00-19:00;
TEMPORADA ALTA (de abril a octubre)
Lun-jue 10:00-20:00; Vie, sáb y vísperas de festivos 10:00-21:00;
Dom, festivos 10:00-20:00;
JULIO y AGOSTO
Lun-jue 09:00-20:00; Vie, sáb y vísperas de festivos 09:00-21:00;
Dom, festivos 09:00-20:00

Admission
Status from 01/2016
 A person over three years on foot or in a vehicle (occasional ticket) ordinary 0,40 €;
Catwalk: Standard Ticket 7,00 €; with Audioguide 9,00 €; more details see WWW
Una persona mayor de 3 años a pie o en vehículo (billete ocasional) ordinario 0,40 €;
La Pasarela: Entrada Básica 7,00 €; con Audioguía 9,00 €; más detalles vea WWW
Contact
Tel.:+34-94-480 10 12  Fax:+34-94-463 59 50  
eMail:promocion puente-colgante.com   
Homepage www.puente-colgante.com
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Location / Directions
N43.323202° W3.017146°N43°19.39212' W3°1.02876'N43°19'23.5272" W3°1'1.7256"
Description

The first Transporter Bridge was built near Bilbao in Spain and is still used today. Worldwide less than twenty transporter bridges were built, of which 6 are currently in operation.
- Puente Vizcaya - (Bilbao), Spain, 1893
- Pont Transbordeur de Rochefort- Martrou, France, 1900
- Newport Transporter Bridge - Newport, UK, 1906
- Schwebefähre Osten–Hemmoor - Osten, Germany, 1909
- Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge - Middlesbrough, UK, 1911
- Rendsburger Hochbrücke mit Schwebefähre - Rendsburg, Germany, 1913

2 Transporter Bridges can be seen out of operation and only as a technical monument and from the outside:
- Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1914
- Warrington Transporter Bridge - Warrington, UK, 1916


The Vizcaya Bridge, is a transporter bridge that links the towns of Portugalete and Las Arenas in the Biscay province of Spain, crossing the mouth of the Nervion River.
Opened: 1893
Total length: 164 m
Height: 61 m
Construction started: 1891
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