Rio-Antirrio bridge

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

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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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