The Bezona Bridge, built between 1759 and 1804, is part of the network of works on the Northern Branch of the Castile Canal, designed to ensure the continuity of roads over this large hydraulic infrastructure. Located in the municipality of San Cebrián de Campos (Palencia), at kilometer 69.900, its main function is to allow the passage of the road connecting Amusco with San Cebrián de Campos, integrating vehicular traffic into the canal’s route without interfering with its operation.
The structure is resolved by means of an elliptical arch, a solution that combines stability with a stylized silhouette. The arch is approximately 11.30 meters long and 5.10 meters high, while the entire structure reaches a total length of 27.70 meters, with a variable width between 4.20 and 8.10 meters and a maximum height of nearly 7.30 meters. The structure is built entirely of limestone ashlar and is completed with a plain impost at the base of the parapets, which flare out at the ends. Beneath the bridge are lateral walkways that provide continuity to the towpaths, reducing the width of the canal channel.
The bridge is in a good state of preservation and maintains all of the original hydraulic work, which is protected in its entirety due to its heritage value.
Integrated into a serene stretch of the canal, the Bezona Bridge offers visitors the opportunity to appreciate the harmony between infrastructure, agricultural landscape and road network, and to understand how these solid and well-proportioned works made the daily operation of the Canal de Castilla possible.
