first hanging bridge with a shuttle vehicle in the world.<\/strong>\u00a0As such it is also the father of a series of similar constructions which proliferated around Europe, Africa and America during the first third of the 20th century. Still today nine of its descendents are still standing, albeit that many are not in operation.<\/p>France is the country where most of this type of bridge were built given that the constructor of the Vizcaya Hanging Bridge, Ferdinand Arnodin, successfully exploited the original patent at its\u00a0main ports<\/strong>, like Bizerta (Tunisia), Rouen, Burdeaux, Nantes, Marseille or Brest. They were all dismantled, dynamited or bombed during the wars, and the only one still standing is the one in\u00a0Rochefort-Martrou<\/strong>, built in 1900.<\/p>Five were built in England, and three have now disappeared. The one in\u00a0Newport<\/strong>, inaugurated in 1906, is still operating. On the other hand, of the three German shuttle bridges, two are still standing and the one in\u00a0Osteen<\/strong>\u00a0is still working. This type of bridge was also built in America, but the only one still working is in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of\u00a0La Boca<\/strong>\u00a0in Argentina. The Sky Ride Bridge in Chicago was demolished, as was the Alejandrino Bridge in R\u00edo de Janeiro.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t