Triana Bridge

Its location coincided with that of the current Isabel II Bridge, El Castillo, on the Triana side and at the height of the wall gate, on the city side; only in 1845 when the construction of the current bridge began, its location was moved to the area in front of the bullring of the Real Maestranza.

The design chosen was the first of its kind in the world.

The chosen design was analogous to the Carrousel Bridge, now disappeared, which stood in Paris, over the Seine River, which had been executed in 1834 by the French engineer Polonceau. The project of the new bridge of the Guadalquivir was entrusted to the French engineers Gustavo Steinacher and Fernando Bernadet, who were already working in El Puerto de Santa Maria in the construction of another one.

The materials used were stone and iron pillars, with no use of wood. On the bank of Triana was established a large ramp of containment that reaches the street of San Jorge. It was imposed that the castings were built in Spain, specifically in Seville, in the workshops of the Bonaplata brothers. Construction began in 1845 and was completed in 1852. The inauguration took place on February 23, 1852 with the celebration of a military parade. The bridge was declared a National Historic Monument on April 13, 1976.

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A year later, in 1977, it was restored according to the project of the Huelva engineer Juan Batanero, directing the works the Sevillian engineer Manuel Rios Perez. For this reform, a new board was installed and the arches ceased to have structural function, remaining as purely decorative elements. It was reopened on June 13, 1977.