Théophile Seyrig
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François Gustave Théophile Seyrig was a German-born French engineer, best known for designing bridges.
Seyrig, circa 1890.
Maria Pia Bridge (1877).
Dom Luís I Bridge (1886).
Dom Luís I Bridge
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The Luiz I Bridge, commonly known as Dom Luís I Bridge, is a double-deck metal arch bridge that spans the river Douro between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal. At its construction
Théophile Seyrig
…the Société des Ingénieurs Civils in 1878. Later he worked for the Belgian firm Société Willebroeck in Brussels, and won the competition to build the Dom Luís I Bridge (also in Porto), beating the Eiffel proposal. He began construction in 1881 and the bridge was finished in 1886. Maria Pia Bridge…
Aerial view of the Luiz I Bridge
An 1883 view of Ponte Pênsil and Luiz I, showing the construction of the archway
A turn of the century perspective of the bridge, taken northward from Vila Nova de Gaia
Luís I Bridge over the river Douro, connecting Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, in the parish of Santa Marinha e São Pedro da Afurada