Hacho Bridge

Hacho Bridge is a former railway bridge in Granada which was part of the Almeria railway through the Sierra Nevada, Spain. It remains the longest iron viaduct on the Spanish rail network. The bridge is maintained by RENFE.ProjectIn 1889, the Southern Spanish Railway company began building a line from Guadahortuna, in the province of Granada in Spain. The company employed Duvel and Butilia, who were students of Gustave Eiffel, the famous engineer who had built the Eiffel Tower and Garabit viaduct in France and the Dona Maria Pia railway bridge in Oporto, Portugal.A site was chosen for the bridge between the Granadin cities of Guadahortuna and Alamedilla where the railway would cross the Guadahortuna River.Construction work began in 1893. Work was completed four years later. Hacho Bridge officially opened on March 22, 1898.ConstructionHacho Bridge is long with a maximum height of at its highest part. It is a continuous under-deck truss bridge that stands on nine wrought iron trestles and stone piers.