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Rio-Antirrio bridge
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multi-span cable-stayed bridge in Greece
Key facts
- Carries
- A5 motorway , ( E55 / E65 ), 4 lanes, (2 lanes each way)
- Crosses
- Gulf of Corinth
- Locale
- Rio , Greece Antirrio , Greece
- Official name
- Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge
- Owner
- Government of Greece
- Maintained by
- Gefyra SA
- Design
- Cable-stayed bridge by Berdj Mikaelian
- Total length
- 2,880 meters (9,450 ft)
- Width
- 27.2 meters (89 ft)
- Longest span
- 560 meters (1,840 ft)
- Constructed by
- Vinci SA -led consortium
- Fabrication by
- Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
- Opened
- 12 August 2004 ; 21 years ago ( 2004-08-12 )
- Daily traffic
- Expected: 11,000 vehicles/day
- Toll
- Cars: €15.40, Motorcycles: €2.50, Coaches: €36.30–78.20, Lorries: €23.70–48.90
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Γέφυρα Ρίου - Αντιρρίου Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης - GEFYRA S.A.
Η Γέφυρα Ρίου - Αντιρρίου είναι η μεγαλύτερη σε μήκος καλωδιωτή γέφυρα στον κόσμο, ολοκληρώθηκε το 2004 και αποτελεί ορόσημο της Ελλάδας του 21ου αι..
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cable-stayed bridge
- Part of
- European route E55
- Named after
- Harilaos Trikoupis
- Official name
- Γέφυρα «Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης»
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- West Greece Region
- Material used
- steel
- Location
- Antirrio
- Official website
- www.gefyra.gr
- Image
- Rio Antirrio bridge.jpg
- Height
- 163.7
- Width
- 27.2
- Length
- 2880
- Has parts of class
- pylon
Show 10 more facts
- main building contractor
- Vinci
- service entry
- 2004-08-12
- Commons category
- Rio-Antirio Bridge
- crosses
- Gulf of Corinth
- date of official opening
- 2004-08-07
- Commons gallery
- Rio-Antirio bridge
- longest span
- 560
- inception
- 2004-08-12
- carries thoroughfare
- A5 motorway
- capital cost
- 630000000
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Encyclopedic overview
The Rio–Antirrio Bridge (Greek: Γέφυρα Ρίου–Αντιρρίου), officially the Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge, is one of the world's longest multi-span cable-stayed bridges and longest of the fully suspended type. It crosses the Rion Strait between the Gulf of Corinth and Gulf of Patras, linking the town of Rio on the Peloponnese peninsula to Antirrio on mainland Greece by road. It opened one day before the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, on 12 August 2004, and was used to transport the Olympic flame.
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