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Vizcaya Bridge

The Vizcaya Bridge is a transporter bridge that links the towns of and in the province of , crossing the mouth of the Nervion River.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: bridge
  • Also known as: “Bizkaia zubia / Puente Bizkaia”, “Portugalete Suspension Bridge”, “Puente Colgante de Vizcaya”, and “Puente de Palacio”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gran Hotel Puente Colgante and Casa Torre de Salazar.

Hotel
Photo: Zarateman, CC0.
is situated 130 metres south of Vizcaya Bridge.

Museum
Photo: Javierme, CC BY 3.0.
is a museum, which is situated 330 metres south of Vizcaya Bridge.

Beach
Photo: Javierme, CC BY 3.0.
is a beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Las Arenas and Portugalete.

Suburb
Photo: Spike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Areeta is a neighbourhood of . It is an affluent residential area that was built over the sands of a beach where the Gobela Creek died into a diffuse delta at the mouth of the in the early 20th century.

Town
Photo: Zarateman, CC0.
is a town lying to the west of in the province of in the Autonomous Community of the , northern . The town has 45,294 inhabitants as of 2021 and is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area.

Suburb
Photo: Zarateman, CC0.
is a suburb.

Vizcaya Bridge

Latitude
43.32321° or 43° 19′ 24″ north
Longitude
-3.01714° or 3° 1′ 2″ west
Inception
1890
Open location code
8CMR8XFM+74
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27447931
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
3212055
Wiki­data ID
Q331996
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Vizcaya Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر فيسكايا”
  • Armenian: “Բիսկայան կամուրջ”
  • Asturian: “Ponte de Bizcaia”
  • Basque: “Bizkaia zubia”
  • Basque: “Bizkaia Zubia”
  • Basque: “Bizkaia Zubian”
  • Basque: “Bizkaiko zubi”
  • Catalan: “Pont de Biscaia”
  • Chinese: “比斯开桥”
  • Chinese: “比斯開橋”
  • Croatian: “Biskajski most”
  • Croatian: “Most Vizcaya”
  • Czech: “Biskajský most”
  • Danish: “Vizcaya-broen”
  • Dutch: “Vizcayabrug”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto de Biskajo”
  • Extremaduran: “Bizkaiko Zubia”
  • Extremaduran: “Puenti de Bizkaia”
  • Extremaduran: “Puenti de Viscaya”
  • Extremaduran: “Puenti de Vizcaya”
  • Finnish: “Vizcayan silta”
  • French: “pont de Biscaye”
  • French: “Pont de Biscaye”
  • French: “Pont transbordeur de biscaye”
  • French: “Pont Vizcaya”
  • Galician: “Ponte de Biscaia”
  • Georgian: “ბისკაიის ხიდი”
  • German: “Biskaya-Brücke”
  • German: “Bizkaiko Zubia”
  • German: “Puente Colgante”
  • German: “Puente de Portugalete”
  • German: “Puente de Vizcaya”
  • German: “Puente Palacio”
  • German: “Puente Vizcaya”
  • Gujarati: “વિઝ્કાયા બ્રીજ”
  • Hebrew: “גשר ביסקאיה”
  • Hindi: “विज़काया ब्रिज”
  • Hungarian: “Vizcaya-híd”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Vizcaya”
  • Italian: “ponte di Biscaglia”
  • Italian: “Ponte di Biscaglia”
  • Italian: “Ponte di Vizcaya”
  • Japanese: “ビスカヤ橋”
  • Latvian: “Biskaja tilts”
  • Latvian: “Biskajas tilts”
  • Lithuanian: “Biskajos tiltas”
  • Malayalam: “വിസ്കായ പാലം”
  • Maltese: “Pont ta‘ Vizcaya”
  • Maltese: “Pont ta’ Vizcaya”
  • Mingrelian: “ბისკაიაშ ხინჯი”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਿਜ਼ਕਾਇਆ ਪੁੱਲ”
  • Persian: “پل ویسکایا”
  • Polish: “Most Biskajski”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte da Biscaia”
  • Russian: “Бискайский мост-транспортер”
  • Russian: “Бискайский мост-транспортёр”
  • Russian: “Бискайский мост”
  • Russian: “Пуэнте-Колганте”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Biskajski most”
  • Slovak: “Biskajský most”
  • Slovenian: “Biskajski most”
  • Spanish: “Puente Bizkaia”
  • Spanish: “Puente colgante de Bilbao”
  • Spanish: “Puente Colgante de Bizkaia”
  • Spanish: “Puente Colgante de Portugalete”
  • Spanish: “Puente Colgante”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Vizcaya”
  • Spanish: “Puente Palacio”
  • Spanish: “puente Vizcaya”
  • Spanish: “Puente Vizcaya”
  • Swedish: “Biscayabron”
  • Tamil: “விஸ்காயா பாலம்”
  • Turkish: “Vizcaya Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Біскайський міст”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Vizcaya”
  • Welsh: “Pont Bizkaia”
  • Welsh: “Pont Vizcaya”
  • Western Panjabi: “وِزکایا پل”

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