Vizcaya Bridge
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 Nervión River.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: bridge
- Also known as: “Biskaya-Brücke”, “Bizkaia Zubia”, “Bizkaia zubia / Puente Bizkaia”, “Bizkaia Zubian”, “Bizkaiko zubi”, “Bizkaiko Zubia”, “Most Vizcaya”, “Pont transbordeur de biscaye”, “Portugalete Suspension Bridge”, “Puente colgante de Bilbao”, “Puente Colgante de Portugalete”, “Puente Colgante de Vizcaya”, “Puente de Palacio”, “Puente de Portugalete”, “Puenti de Bizkaia”, “Puenti de Vizcaya”, “Vizcaya Bridge World Heritage Site”, “Бискайский мост-транспортер”, “Бискайский мост-транспортёр”, and “Пуэнте-Колганте”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Gran Hotel Puente Colgante and Casa Torre de Salazar.
Gran Hotel Puente Colgante
Hotel
Gran Hotel Puente Colgante is situated 130 metres south of Vizcaya Bridge.
Casa Torre de Salazar
Museum
Casa Torre de Salazar is a museum, which is situated 330 metres south of Vizcaya Bridge.
Basilica of Santa María, Portugalete
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Las Arenas and Portugalete.
Vizcaya Bridge
- Categories: suspension bridge, transporter bridge, bridge, and tourism
- Location: Getxo, Biscay, Basque Country, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.32321° or 43° 19′ 24″ north
Longitude
-3.01714° or 3° 1′ 2″ west
Established
1890
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8CMR8XFM+74
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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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”
- Catalan: “Pont de Biscaia”
- Chinese: “比斯开桥”
- Chinese: “比斯開橋”
- Croatian: “Biskajski most”
- Czech: “Biskajský most”
- Danish: “Vizcaya-broen”
- Dutch: “Vizcayabrug”
- Esperanto: “Ponto de Biskajo”
- Extremaduran: “Puenti de Viscaya”
- Finnish: “Vizcayan silta”
- French: “pont de Biscaye”
- French: “Pont de Biscaye”
- Galician: “Ponte de Biscaia”
- Georgian: “ბისკაიის ხიდი”
- German: “Puente de 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”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Biskajski most”
- Slovak: “Biskajský most”
- Slovenian: “Biskajski most”
- Spanish: “Puente Bizkaia”
- Spanish: “Puente Colgante de Bizkaia”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ibaiondo and Los Llanos.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Ticket Office Flying Ferry and museum and GR123.
Basque Country: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Bilbao and San Sebastián.
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