Puente del Ferrocarril, Railway bridge in Zamora, Spain.
The Puente del Ferrocarril is a railway viaduct crossing the Duero River with five sections of steel lattice beams. It rests on masonry pillars with semicircular cutwater shapes and features a continuous upper deck for train traffic.
The structure was built in 1933 by the Astilleros de Sestao shipyard from Bilbao and served the Plasencia-Astorga railway line. The railway closed in 1986, but the bridge itself remained standing and has defined the cityscape ever since.
The bridge links the city center with the Pinilla neighborhood and remains a recognizable landmark in the urban landscape. It shows how rail infrastructure shaped the city's development and how industrial structures became part of daily life.
The bridge can be viewed from the river level or nearby riverbank paths to see the steel construction and pillars up close. Visitors interested in exploring further can walk along the Duero for pleasant routes that offer different perspectives of the structure.
The bridge retains its original Linville-type steel lattice design, a construction method from the early industrial era. This technical heritage shows how engineers of that time spanned rivers using innovative metal frameworks.
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