Name: Iron Bridge of Fuentidueña de Tajo
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Location: Fuentidueña De Tajo, Vegas, Madrid, Spain

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1. Route of the Castles - circular from Villarejo de Salvanés to Fuentidueña del Tajo - gravel

40.7km

02:58

330m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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2. Higuerillas Stream loop from Fuentidueña de Tajo

18.0km

01:39

260m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Higuerillas Stream – Fuentidueña de Tajo loop from Fuentidueña de Tajo

40.4km

03:48

570m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Alvaro Hernandez

January 15, 2024

The Fuentidueña de Tajo bridge is an engineering work from the mid-19th century that restored the passage through this river on the way to Cuenca. It is the oldest large metal bridge in Madrid.

This work allowed communications to be modernized at the time of its execution.

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Oxígeno

March 13, 2022

The livestock route crosses the Tagus Natural Trail, crosses the town to the shore of the Tagus and passes the river over a historic iron bridge from the 19th century. The Tagus Bridge is a magnificent work of civil engineering inaugurated in 1867.

The designer of the project was the architect José de Echevarría, who sought collaborators in France within the Eiffel team and chose iron to build a solid bridge in a fundamental passage of the Tagus plain. In the transit of the eastern Soriana Royal Canyon and the Camino Real de Valencia, an old Post Road and route of peasants and merchants since the Early Middle Ages.

The first mechanical means to cross the Tagus riverbed was a rope boat, replaced by a rope bridge that could withstand unforeseen floods, but it was destroyed by General Prim's troops in the mid-19th century. In the vicinity of the bridge is the recreational area of La Tejera, with riverside trees and river beaches.

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Location: Fuentidueña De Tajo, Vegas, Madrid, Spain

Iron Bridge of Fuentidueña de Tajo

1. Route of the Castles - circular from Villarejo de Salvanés to Fuentidueña del Tajo - gravel

2. Higuerillas Stream loop from Fuentidueña de Tajo

3. Higuerillas Stream – Fuentidueña de Tajo loop from Fuentidueña de Tajo

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