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The New Bridge and Iron Bridge Murcia presents this Christmas, as a novelty, a special lighting that the city of Murcia has wanted to remember and give it the prominence it already had in 1903, when it opened.
Throughout all the holidays, this bridge will look centenary specially.
Thousands of white bulbs they will shine on these dates so endearing to remember the importance of what was the second bridge built in Murcia, whose aim, at the time, was to open a passage to the residents of Carmelite neighborhood to will enter the urban area of ​​the city of Murcia.
It is the second bridge to be built in the city.
Called New opposed to "old".
The increased traffic of carts, galleries and luxury carriages and the need to connect both banks of the river took this bridge project in 1894 that was completed in 1903.
This bridge, which throughout the Christmas will be reflected in the Segura River, was built in iron following the fashion imposed by the Eiffel Tower, built in Paris in 1889 for the Universal Exhibition.
As the beams could not stand the current amount of traffic, since 2003, once by engineer and architect Javier Manterola renovated, is exclusively pedestrian.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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