Reg.Nr. HA-2002/SP/05

Remodeling the Vizcaya Transporter Bridge

The Vizcaya Bridge was designed in 1887 by Alberto de Palacio. When a new team of business administrators and technicians took over the running of the bridge in 1996, they agreed on two key objectives: to offer a modernised and renovated transport system for the 21st century, and ...
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Project details

Title:Remodeling the Vizcaya Transporter Bridge
Entr. year: 2002
Result:Diploma
Country: Spain
Town: Vizcaya
Category type: architectural heritage
Notes:Industrial heritage
Building type/ Project type: industrial heritage
Former use:Bridge
Actual use:Bridge
Built: 19th century
Architect / Proj.leader: Alberto de Palacio - Architect , Javier Goitia, Engineer; Juan Carlos Cardenal, Architect
The Jury's citation: For the excellent conservation of the architectural and industrial heritage of this transporter bridge, the first of its kind in the world.
GPS:43°19'23.8"N 3°1'0.9"W
Web, Links:

www.puente-colgante.com

Description:
The Vizcaya Bridge was designed in 1887 by Alberto de Palacio. When a new team of business administrators and technicians took over the running of the bridge in 1996, they agreed on two key objectives: to offer a modernised and renovated transport system for the 21st century, and to promote this monument to the same degree as its novel neighbour, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. With his in mind, the Vizcaya Bridge was considered as an industrial monument where its history and difficulties has to be respected, and the intervention work carried out would have to recover the spirit of its original construction.