No, it is not Gustave Eiffel who built the bridge Louis Ier (Heavyweight Lus I or Luiz I) in Porto but his follower the engineer Thophile Seyrig. It is true that he looks like that built by Eiffel, the bridge Maria-Pia a lot, which is more situated upstream, but he possesses an additional lower apron for the road traffic. This bridge situated on Douro, and which connects Porto to Vila Nova de Gaia, was built between 1881 and 1886 by the Belgian company Willebroeck, and it was inaugurated on October 31st, 1886 by king Louis Ier of Portugal (Dom Lus I).Situ in the historic district da
Ribeira, has heavyweight Dom Lus and its bows if carac-tristiques of the style of Eiffel, is the symbol of Porto. While the bottom is reserved for the traffic and for the pedestrians, the upper floor