Puente los Franceses railway bridge
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The Puente los Franceses Railway Bridge is a railway bridge in the Moncloa-Aravaca district of Madrid , Spain.
history
It was built between 1860 and 1862 by the Compañía de los Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España and enables the crossing of the Río Manzanares between Madrid Principe Pío and Aravaca in the direction of Avila and Irún . The bridge is named after the nationality of the French engineers who designed the project. During the Spanish Civil War , the bridge was the scene of some defensive battles by the International Brigades of Madrid, resulting in a popular song with the bridge as its theme. " Puente de los franceses, mamita mia, nadie te pasa. Porque los milicianos, mamita mia, que bien te guardan ...." (For example: Nobody comes over the French bridge, mamita mia, because we hold it.) Next to it Next to the railway bridge is the Puente de Castilla road bridge .
Since the opening of the Madrid Chamartín train station and the integration of all lines from the north to Madrid in 1982, the bridge has only been used by the Cercanías Madrid's S-Bahn trains .
nature
The bridge is supported by four arches and five columns, three of which stand directly in the river. Marking is also the almost complete absence of decorative elements. It is made of red brick with granite stone masonry.
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Coordinates: 40 ° 26 '4 " N , 3 ° 43' 58.9" W.