Puneet Varma (Editor)

José Leon de Carranza Bridge

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Carries
  
N-443

Locale
  
Cádiz Puerto Real

Height
  
18 m (over the sea)

Address
  
11011 Cádiz, Spain

Total length
  
1.4 m

Phone
  
+34 956 26 49 04

Crosses
  
Bay of Cádiz

Design
  
Bascule bridge

Longest span
  
90 m

Opened
  
28 October 1969

Width
  
13 m

Body of water
  
Bay of Cádiz

José Leon de Carranza Bridge

Bridge type
  
Bascule bridge, Beam bridge, Moveable bridge

Similar
  
La Pepa Bridge, Bay of Cádiz, Monument to the Constituti, Isla del Trocadero, Cádiz Cathedral

José Leon de Carranza Bridge (also referred to as the Carranza Bridge) is a 1400 m bridge that connects the city of Cadiz to the mainland. The bridge goes over the Bay of Cádiz. It forms part of the national net of roads with the number N-443. It is the first of the two entrances to the city of Cadiz, the second being La Pepa bridge. This bridge is also one of the longest bascule bridges in Europe.

References

José Leon de Carranza Bridge Wikipedia