Ponte Ferroviária do Balancho - [Évora, Portugal]
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N 38° 31.291 W 007° 39.154
29S E 617460 N 4264541
[PT] Ramal ferroviário português que liga as cidades de Évora e Reguengos de Monsaraz, no Alentejo. [EN]Portuguese rail extension who connected the cities of Évora and Reguengos de Monsaraz, Alentejo.
Waymark Code: WMD0KF
Location: Évora, Portugal
Date Posted: 11/02/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member 8Nuts MotherGoose
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Ponte Ferroviária do Balancho

The Reguengos Railroad Extension, originally called the Guadiana Line, was a rail link between the villages of Évora and Reguengos Monsaraz in Portugal . Primarily aimed to unite the city of Évora Sinks in Ramal de Moura , and Zafra , in Spain , it was finally never be complete, having only been built between the sections Sinks and Moura , in 1902 , which was integrated in Line Southeast and later in the Ramal de Moura , and between Évora and Reguengos Monsaraz , which came to be an extension of their own, inaugurated on April 6 of 1927.

Ramal de Reguengos, originalmente designado de Linha do Guadiana, era uma ligação ferroviária entre as localidades de Évora e de Reguengos de Monsaraz, em Portugal. Destinada originalmente a unir a cidade de Évora a Pias, no Ramal de Moura, e a Zafra, em Espanha, esta linha acabou por nunca ser concluída, tendo apenas sido construídos os troços entre Pias e Moura, em 1902, que foi integrado na Linha do Sueste e posteriormente no Ramal de Moura, e entre Évora e Reguengos de Monsaraz, que veio a constituir um ramal próprio, inaugurado no dia 6 de Abril de 1927.

Original Use: Railroad

Date Built: 1927

Construction: Steel

Condition: Dangerous

Date Abandoned: 1990

Bridge Status - Orphaned or Adopted.: Orphaned

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