The iron bridge connecting Cachoeira and Sao Felix is a preserved relic of 19th century engineering. Originally built as a railway bridge, today it serves road traffic (one way, cars have to wait for traffic lights). It is still the only connection between the twin towns. One must admire that the bridge has lasted 150 years in humid tropical climate. An admirable feat of British know how. The bridge spans Rio Paraguacu where tides are highly pronounced despite the distance from the Bay of All Saints. One should pay attention to the disused Neobaroque railway station on the Cachoeira side. It would nice to imagine a steam locomotive pulling wagons on this narrow-gauge railway. Traffic on this line was suspended in the 1960s when the road to Salvador was paved and the bus became a faster option to travel. Until the 1950s, the preferred way of going to Salvador was by steamship.

A venerable old bridge, built by British railway engineers. It links Cachoeira with Sao Felix and so allows attractive views of each town from the other. The former station itself is a neo-Baroque glory and I was relieved that no one had bothered to pull it down.