Key facts
- Carries
- Six road lanes of IP 1 A 12
- Crosses
- Tagus River
- Locale
- Sacavém , north of Lisbon (right/north bank) Alcochete and Montijo (left/south bank)
- Official name
- Ponte Vasco da Gama
- Owner
- Portuguese Republic
- Maintained by
- Lusoponte (1994– 2030 )
- Design
- Cable-stayed , viaducts
- Total length
- 17.2 km (10.7 mi)
- Width
- 30 m (98 ft)
- Height
- 148 m (486 ft) (pylon)
- Longest span
- 420 m (1,380 ft)
- Architect
- Michel Virlogeux , Alain Montois, Charles Lavigne and Armando Rito [ pt ]
Article
The Vasco da Gama Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Vasco da Gama) is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts that spans the Tagus River in Parque das Nações in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.
It is the second longest bridge in Europe, after the Crimean Bridge, and was the longest bridge for a while. It is also the longest bridge in the European Union. It was built to alleviate the congestion on Lisbon's 25 de Abril Bridge, and eliminate the need for traffic between the country's northern and southern regions to pass through the capital city.