Frank Gehry Bridge | |
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Frank Gehry Bridge | |
Coordinates | 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) |
Location | |
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.
References
- "Gehry, "enamorado del pueblo vasco", apadrina la última gran obra de Bilbao" (in Spanish). El Correo. 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
External links
- Media related to Puente Frank Gehry at Wikimedia Commons