Pont Palanques Vermelles, Metal footbridge in Girona, Spain

Pont Palanques Vermelles is a pedestrian bridge made of red cast iron that crosses the Onyar River, linking Santa Clara Street to Rambla de la Libertad in central Girona. The structure displays arch and truss work typical of nineteenth-century metal engineering, spanning the water with a series of iron supports.

At a public auction on 6 January 1877, Barcelona firms Ignasi Serrallach i Mas and La Maquinista Terrestre i Marítima competed with Gustave Eiffel's Paris company, which won with a budget of 22,500 pesetas. Works ran late and the load test was held in July 1877, when the company installed street lamps as a gift. An asphalt deck added in 1959 damaged the structure, so in 1979 it was replaced with oak planks and the ironwork was reinforced.

The bridge reflects how Girona embraced industrial progress in the 1800s, becoming a symbol of modernization along the Onyar riverside. Its red metal form remains a landmark that residents and visitors cross daily when moving between neighborhoods.

The deck is 2.62 m wide and about 7 m above the riverbed, with a single 41.5 m iron span and timber planks underfoot. The abutments are built of dressed stone blocks. The crossing links carrer de Santa Clara with the Rambla de la Llibertat in the old centre of Girona.

The 1877 auction drew three bidders: Ignasi Serrallach i Mas, La Maquinista Terrestre i Marítima and Gustave Eiffel's Paris company, which won with a budget of 22,500 pessetes. Eiffel's firm also fitted the bridge with street lamps as a gift. The load test took place in July 1877.