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**3 FAMOUS BRIDGES **
 * VASCO DE GAMA BRIDGE **





**Vasco da Gama Bridge** It's located on the eastern end of Lisbon, next to the site where Expo '98 stood and today stands Park of Nations. Vasco da Gama Bridge crosses the Tagus River (Rio Tejo) about 20 km upstream from the 25th April Bridge, located in the heart of Lisbon.





It is cable-stayed bridge, represents the longest in Europe and one of the largest of its kind in the world.





Reinforced concrete structure with main deck stayed to main pylons

 Central H-shaped pylons are 155m high                         Vasco da Gama was designed, constructed and financed by a consortium of Portuguese, British and French companies.

on 29 March 1998 was opened to traffic. And in 2000 awarded first prize by the Ibero-Americana Institution of Architecture and Civil Engineering. The purpose of its creation was the need for an alternative north-south traffic link to bypass Lisbon and reduce traffic congestion in the capital.