The Eiffel Bridge () is an iron

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situated between the

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municipalities of Lachar and

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. It was built in the 1897 by the studio of

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. It's considered the last vestige of the

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History

The bridge was built in 1897, commissioned by ''

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'' Julio Quesada-Cañaveral to connect the station of Íllora by the

Decauville railway at Láchar The Decauville railway at Láchar was an long narrow gauge, narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of from Íllora-Láchar railway station via the Eiffel Bridge, Láchar, Eiffel Bridge to the sugar mill in Láchar. Route The long Decauville ra ...

with two important factories that the nobleman had in Láchar, thus becoming the second railway of the province of Granada. Years later, the railroad disappeared and the bridge was used decades later by cars as a means of communication between Láchar, Daimuz Bajo, Valderrubio,

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and Escóznar. In 2006 it became unusable after the accident of a vehicle that caused the breakage of a small part of the support and the subsequent collapse of the entire structure. Since 2007 there's another bridge built next to the previous one.

References

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