Vasco da Gama Bridge
bridge in Portugal
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Summary
Vasco da Gama Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of cable stayed bridge entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,270 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Parque das Nações[3], Sacavém e Prior Velho[4], Samouco[5], Alcochete[6]
- Country: Portugal[7]
- Instance of: viaduct[8], road bridge[9], cultural heritage[10], reinforced concrete bridge[11]
- Architect: Michel Virlogeux[12], Charles Lavigne[13], Armando Rito[14]
- Named after: Vasco da Gama[15]
- Crosses: Tagus River[16], North railway line[17]
- Made from material: reinforced concrete[18], prestressed concrete[19]
- Commons category: Ponte Vasco da Gama[20]
- Inception: 1995[21]
- Commons gallery: Ponte Vasco da Gama[22]
- Number of spans: 81[23]
- Heritage designation: heritage without legal protection[24]
- Official name: Ponte Vasco da Gama[25]
- Date of official opening: March 29, 1998[26]
- Native label: Ponte Vasco da Gama[27]
- Length: 12,345 m[28]
- Height: 155 m[29]
- Capital cost: 897,000,000 euro[30]
- Carries thoroughfare: IP1[31]
- Fee: 2.85 euro[32], 12.20 euro[33]
- Next crossing upstream: Ponte Marechal Carmona[34]
- Next crossing downstream: 25 de Abril Bridge[35]
- Longest span: 420 m[36]
- Clearance: 47 m[37]
- Speed limit: 120 kilometre per hour[38]
Why It Matters
Vasco da Gama Bridge has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]