Vasco da Gama Bridge

38.765277777778 - 9.0425Koordinaten: 38 ° 45 ' 55 "N, 9 ° 2' 33 " W

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The Vasco da Gama Bridge ( German: Vasco da Gama Bridge ) is a bridge section with a cable-stayed bridge as a main opening that spans the Tagus River and Lisbon by motorway of Moscavide / Sacavém with the south-east and southern cities Montijo, Alcochete, Setúbal connects. It was named after the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama, and to commemorate the 500 years of discovery of the sea route to India in 1498.

General

It is with 17.185 km one of the longest bridges in the world and the longest in Europe. The maximum span of 420 meters, the pylons are 155 meters high. Cross the bridge and the A12 motorway leads with six lanes.

The bridge was (partly private, partly financed by EU funding ) between 1995 and 1998 built for the World Exhibition Expo 98, to relieve the Ponte 25 de Abril in Lisbon and other infrastructure from the north - south traffic. About the Ponte Vasco da Gama, the Expo site and the airport can be reached directly.

When building on 10 April 1997, a fatal accident, collapsed as a metal frame and six workers were killed occurred. When building had to the nature reserve Parque Natural do Tagus Estuary are considered a waterfowl inventory. 300 families were resettled.

Construction

The bridge section is divided into seven sections:

Traffic

In Alcochete is charged by the operating company Lusoponte tolls for the east -west direction (into town ).