Ponte dos Ingleses, Pier in Praia de Iracema, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Ponte dos Ingleses is a pier on Praia de Iracema in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, built from 1921 as the Lucas Bicalho viaduct. It stands on rows of vertical pilings beneath a concrete deck, with a white railing in a repeating diamond lattice along the edge. Pavilions with yellow walls and white pyramid roofs topped by small square towers sit on the deck, and slender brown lamp posts rise at intervals. Near the middle is a square, pale tower with a pyramidal roof and an arched opening near its top, set on a base of vertical slats.

A British engineering firm built this steel structure in 1921 as part of a harbor development plan that was never fully completed. The project has shaped the beach's character since then and remains a symbol of the city's early industrial growth.

Locals call it Ponte Metálica, though the English name recalls the Norton Griffts Co. of England, which began the viaduct in 1921. Never used as a port, it became a lookout over Praia de Iracema. Since 1994 it has housed a Dolphin Protection Centre and a Cetacean Observation Tower, where visitors watch for dolphins.

Access to the bridge is free and available around the clock every day, with the best viewing times between 5 PM and 6:30 PM in the evening. Wear comfortable shoes since the walkway is entirely metal and can become slippery when wet.

The viaduct was begun in 1921 by the English firm Norton Griffts Co. as the Lucas Bicalho viaduct, meant to replace the old Metallic Bridge beside Avenida Almirante Tamandaré. It never worked as a port: works stopped under President Artur Bernardes for lack of budget, and the unfinished structure became a lookout. In 1994 the Ceará Culture Secretariat restored it, adding a wooden frame by architects Fausto Nilo and Delberg Ponce de Leon.