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Vasco da Gama Bridge

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Vasco da Gama Bridge
Vasco da Gama Bridge
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Vasco da Gama Bridge
Phone:
+351 21 110 7600

Address:
Avenida Dom Jou00E3o II, 40, Lisbon, Portugal

The Vasco da Gama Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts and rangeviews 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 with a total length of 12.3 kilometres , including 0.8 kilometres for the main bridge and 11.5 kilometres in viaducts. The Bridge is served by 4.8 kilometres of dedicated access roads. 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.Construction began on February 1995; the bridge was opened to traffic on 29 March 1998, just in time for Expo 98, the World's Fair that celebrated the 500th anniversary of the discovery by Vasco da Gama of the sea route from Europe to India.
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