The Puente Nuevo in Ronda was designed by José Martin de Aldehuela according to the text, with Juan Antonio Díaz Machuca as chief builder. The infobox instead lists Domingo Lois de Monteagudo as designer. The infobox gives 1759 to 1793, and the text agrees on a 1759 start and a 34-year build.
The article names no style or client. The bridge is stone, 217 feet (66 m) long and 190 feet (58 m) high, with three spans, and it crosses a gorge about 394 feet (120 m) deep.
A chamber above the central arch was used as a prison, and the bridge reportedly served both sides in the 1936 to 1939 civil war. The predecessor bridge collapsed in 1741, killing 50 people. The bridge carries vehicle traffic, and the former guardhouse holds an exhibition on its history. The article gives no hours.
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