San Bernardo Bridge, popularly known as the Firefighters' Bridge, is located in one of the city's old suburbs, on one of the exit routes out of the old city walls of Seville through the Puerta de la Carne door.
It was designed by Juan de Talavera y Heredia when the city was busy getting ready for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, and it was officially opened in December 1924.
It is based on a reinforced concrete structure, which back then was an innovative material, with great possibilities, very sturdy, and Neo-Baroque in style.
Some of its outstanding features include the upper sentry boxes that connect the access stairs to the bridge's pedestrian pavements, and the wrought iron lampposts that line the bridge.