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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. |
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