Ponte Vasco da Gama - Lisbon, Portugal
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manchanegra
N 38° 46.000 W 009° 03.000
29S E 495656 N 4290885
This is the 2nd bridge across the Tagus in Lisbon.
Waymark Code: WM69K4
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 04/28/2009
Views: 35
?In 1991 the Portuguese Government makes the decision of building a 2nd bridge across the Tagus in Lisbon.
The location chosen was the conection between Sacavém in the north bank and Alcochete in the South. The main intention was to prevent the North/South trafic to cross inside Lisbon and also remove some of that trafic from the 25 Abril Bridge. With the aproach of the Expo 98 it was also the best location to serve the exibition.
The project had a lot of environmental concern right from the beggining and a large environmental program was implemented.
This was one of the top well suceeded projects of the XX century and had international recognition. In 2000 won the 1st prize of the Ibero-American Architecture and Civil Enginiering Institution.
Some numbers:
Total Lenght: 11.185 mts / 10.68 Mi
Main suspended structure: 420m / 1377.95 ft
Height for Navigation: 47m / 154.2 ft
Pillars Height: 148m / 485.56
Concrete volume: 730.000 m3
Steel Weight: 100.000 tons
Number of Workers: 3300
Construction Schedule: Feb 1995 to Mar 1998
The Vasco da Gama Bridge was (at the time of its construction) the largest in Europe.
Stamp Issuing Country: Portugal
Date of Issue: 1998
Denomination: 200 Escudos
Color: Blue, green and grey
Stamp Type: Single Stamp
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