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Bridge of hierro de Fortaleny

Fortaleny, La Ribera Baixa, Valencia

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Bridge of hierro de Fortaleny

Monument · Fortaleny, La Ribera Baixa, Valencia

Metal bridge built in 1916 over the Xúquer River, linking Fortaleny with Sueca, refurbished in recent years. Known as the puente de Hierro Alfonso XIII (Alfonso XIII Iron Bridge), it was designed in 1906 by the engineer Arturo Monfort and built by the Barcelona firm Maquinista Terrestre y Marítima; it was inaugurated on 7 May 1916. It has 11 spans and a total length of 232 metres, with a main arch spanning 70.80 metres. At the end of 2015 the Diputación de Valencia carried out its refurbishment for pedestrian and cyclist use, completed to coincide with the bridge's centenary in 2016, and since then it has no longer carried road traffic.

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Photo: Vicenç Salvador Torres Guerola (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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