Iron Bridge (Talavera de la Reina)

The Queen Sofía Bridge (Spanish: Puente Reina Sofía), better known as the Iron Bridge (Puente de Hierro), is a bridge in Talavera de la Reina, Spain.

[1] Crossing over the Tagus, it displays a total length of 426 m, with 10 stretches with a homogeneous span of about 41 m.[2] It was opened on 25 October 1908.

[3][4] Following its inauguration it became a symbol of modernity in the city, that previously only had the Old Bridge as way to cross the river.

[1] Originally coloured in bluish-gray, the bridge was painted in red in 1994.

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The 1908 inauguration of the bridge, in Blanco y Negro .