Frank Gehry Bridge

Frank Gehry Bridge
Frank Gehry Bridge
Coordinates 43°16′3.799″N 2°57′16.430″W / 43.26772194°N 2.95456389°W / 43.26772194; -2.95456389Coordinates: 43°16′3.799″N 2°57′16.430″W / 43.26772194°N 2.95456389°W / 43.26772194; -2.95456389
Carries Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles
Official name Frank Gehry Zubia (eu)
Puente Frank Gehry (es)
Characteristics
Total length 75 m (246.1 ft)
Width 28 m (91.9 ft)
History
Designer

Guillermo Capellán

Héctor Beade
Construction start 2014 (2014)
Construction end 2015 (2016)
Opened September 14, 2015 (2015-September-14)
Frank Gehry Bridge
Location in Basque Country

The Frank Gehry Bridge (Basque: Frank Gehry Zubia; Spanish: Puente Frank Gehry) is a bridge in Bilbao that connects Deusto and Zorrotzaurre. Its name is a tribute to Canadian-born American architect Frank Gehry, author of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.[1]

References

  1. "Gehry, "enamorado del pueblo vasco", apadrina la última gran obra de Bilbao" (in Spanish). El Correo. 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
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