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	Luso Pages - Lisbon (Portugal) Bridges
		The bridge originally opened (1966) as a four lane road bridge with a central barrier but the barrier was removed in 1990 to accommodate a fifth lane.
		From the outset the bridge was designed to carry a road and a lower railway deck and it would have been the longest such bridge had this been implemented at construction.
		In 1498 Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to the Indies around the Cape of Good Hope and in the 500th anniversary year of that exploit, the bridge was most appropriately named after him.
	www.business.u-net.com /~luso/bridges.htm (1426 words)

	Vasco da Gama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Da Gama was commissioned by King Manuel I of Portugal to find Christian lands in the East, and to gain Portuguese access to the commercial markets of the Orient.
		Vasco da Gama extended the sea route exploration of his predecessor Bartolomeu Dias, who had first rounded Africa's Cape of Good Hope in 1488, culminating a generation of Portuguese sea exploration fostered by the nautical school of Henry the Navigator.
		Da Gama's voyage was successful in establishing a sea route from Europe to India that would permit trade with the Far East, without the use of the costly and unsafe Silk Road caravan routes of the Middle East and Central Asia--which were also disappearing do to the collapse of the Mongol Empire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vasco_da_Gama (1823 words)

	Vasco da Gama Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The bridge was opened to traffic on March 29, 1998, 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.
		The bridge carries six road lanes, with a speed limit of 120 km/h, the same as motorways, except on one section which is limited to 100 km/h.
		The cost of the bridge came at zero to the State, as it was built in the BOT (build-operate-transfer) system by Lusoponte, a private consortium which got a 40-year concession on the tolls of both Lisbon bridges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vasco_da_Gama_Bridge (563 words)

	Cable Stayed Bridge Projects
		It is the only bridge in the United States to feature the harp (parallel) stay arrangement on two vertical planes, a design which rivals suspension bridges for strength and beauty.
		The decision to built a cable-stayed bridge instead of a suspension bridge was based on light traffic loads and a lack of good natural ground support for huge suspension anchorages.
		The Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal is an immense cable-stayed bridge project which took years to plan and design and just 18 months to construct.
	bridgepros.com /projects/cable_stayed_bridge_projects.htm (594 words)

	Ponte Vasco da Gama - Wikimedia Commons
		A Ponte Vasco da Gama é a mais recente ponte sobre o Rio Tejo, na área da Grande Lisboa, ligando o Montijo a Sacavém, muito próximo do Parque das Nações, onde se realizou a Expo 98.
		en: The Vasco da Gama Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Portugal, opened on 4 April 1998 - shortly before Expo 98.
		At 17.2km it is one of the world's longest bridges.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Ponte_Vasco_da_Gama (202 words)

	Scaldis - SMC
		A remarkable project was that of the Vasco da Gama bridge.
		Thanks to Rambiz flexibility, the enormous bridge installation project was successfully completed well within the planning.
		Installation of the bridge between PUQ and Wellhead Platform for the Elgin / Franklin Field Development Project.
	www.scaldis-smc.com /bridgeinstallationprojects.shtml (89 words)

	BBC News \| Europe \| Portugal celebrates opening of giant bridge
		The $1bn Vasco da Gama bridge, named after a celebrated Portuguese explorer, will bring traffic from Spain to the site of the Lisbon Expo 1998 World Fair, which will be open on the banks of the Tagus from May to September.
		The bridge, built by the international Lusoponte consortium, will cut pollution and congestion in Lisbon as traffic travelling between the north and south of the country will more easily be able to bypass the capital.
		The building of the Vasco da Gama bridge complements the construction of a rail link along the existing April 25 bridge, further west along the Tagus; it is expected to open early next year.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/71209.stm (365 words)

	Bridges © 1999 : Hans Welleman
		The Menai Strait bridge built in 1819-1824 by Thomas Telford (1757-1834) is one of Britain's oldest suspension bridges.
		The main span of this bridge is 176 m.
		One mile from the Menai Strait bridge the Britannia bridge was built from 1846-1850 by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859).
	home.hetnet.nl /~t-wmn/bridges/index.htm (119 words)

	Lusoponte
		Given that the Vasco da Gama Bridge is located at an environmentally sensitive site - the Tagus estuary - it was immediately agreed upon that the project would be located approximately 4km south of the Nature Reserve of the Tagus Estuary (RNET) in order not to directly affect this area.
		One of the objectives of this study was to recommend measures to minimize and monitor the reduction of environmental impacts of the Vasco da Gama Bridge during construction and its operation.
		During the construction phase of the bridge other descriptors were monitored but were meanwhile abandoned as they were no longer related to the impacts associated with the operation of this New Crossing.
	www.lusoponte.pt /uk/amb_cema.htm (568 words)

	Portugal tours. Oporto and Lisbon tours in Portugal. Guided travel and sightseeing tours of Portugal. Cheap private ...
		It is always an ex-libris of Lisbon, this 3200 meters long bridge, close by the statue of Christ, both paying their homage to Lisbon and the river.
		6- Views (from 25th of April bridge) We have a ride 70 meters high and sometimes the wind is strong, but this seismic proof construction is one of the longest suspended bridges in the world.
		In 1998, a 17 kms long bridge, called Vasco da Gama, was opened to traffic, thus opening south bank of Tagus estuary to the capital.
	www.lisboatours.com /lisbon_history_views.html (1460 words)

	Vasco da Gama Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The second Tagus road crossing now named Ponte Vasco Da Gama crosses the Tagus estuary to the East of Lisbon and links a North - South motorway network that connects Porto with the Algarve.
		The focus of the crossing is a cable stayed bridge with a main span of 450 metres.
		The focus of the bridge are the pylons which are conceived as pure sculpted elements, as if carved from a single piece.
	www.yee.co.uk /Oldsite/vasco_da_gama_bridge.htm (274 words)

	Seismic design check of the Vasco da Gama bridge and approach viaducts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hyder Consulting, one of the UK's leading consultancies use LUSAS Bridge to perform a design check of the Vasco da Gama bridge and associated crossing of the Tagus at Lisbon, Portugal.
		Pile/soil interaction is of primary significance with seismic displacements induced at pile cap level affecting the entire bridge and viaduct structures.
		In the cable stay bridge and viaduct analyses, displacements at movement joints due to seismic loading were just one of many checks that had to be made.
	www.lusas.com /case/bridge/tagusbrg.html (491 words)

	Parque das Nações, the Expo site, Lisbon
		From there many are drawn to the Vasco da Gama Shopping Center or head straight to the several popular attractions in the area.
		Off the beaten path: Walk along the waterfront past Vasco da Gama Tower all the way to Vasco da Gama Bridge where there are pleasant gardens and lawns to sit and admire the magnificence of the bridge and the river.
		Vasco da Gama Bridge - One of the world's longest bridges.
	www.golisbon.com /sight-seeing/parquedasnacoes.html (428 words)

	Luso Pages - Lisbon (Portugal) Cablecar
		At the northern end of the cablecar, it is only a few yards to walk to the Torre Vasco da Gama, a 140 metre tower, from which excellent views of the whole area, including the Ponte Vasco da Gama, may be had.
		The cablecar gives excellent views of the Expo 98 site, the new Vasco da Gama bridge, which reaches 11km across the Tagus, as well as of the Vasco da Gama tower, a revolving restaurant.
		It is now renamed the Parque das Nações (Nations Park) and was the focal point for the 25th anniversary celebrations of the 1974 Portuguese Revolution.
	www.business.u-net.com /~luso/cablecar.htm (274 words)

	Vasco de Gama Bridge LISBON EXPO'98 VISION - Solo Photography - Raul Pedroso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 10-mile Vasco de Gama Bridge changes in form as it moves over the Tagus River into the horizon.
		The $1-billion bridge was completed on time for the opening of Expo'98 to accommodate visitors traveling by automobile from southern Portugal, Spain and other parts of Europe.
		The bridge was designed to withstand an earthquake four times greater than the 1755 earthquake that devastated Lisbon.
	www.solo-photography.com /vascobrdg.htm (187 words)

	European Court of Auditors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Court has taken note of the statements made by Mr Paulo Casaca, MEP and Member of the EP's Committee on Budgetary Control, to the Portuguese LUSA news agency, in respect of the Court's observations on the Vasco da Gama bridge in its 1999 Annual Report.
		The Court then received a second questionnaire solely concerning the Vasco da Gama bridge.
		The Court's comments on the Vasco da Gama bridge were already contained in the 1999 Annual Report: the replies to the questionnaires sent by Mr Blak only elaborate upon them.
	www.eca.eu.int /press/press_release/docs/2001/vasco_en.htm (447 words)

	Portugal - Lisbon - Alcochete - Quinta da Praia das Fontes
		Quinta da Praia das Fontes is located in Alcochete, a small village located on the south bank of the River Tagus, near the Estuary Nature Reserve.
		Quinta da Praia das Fontes also has facilities for banquets and conferences located in a separate area to that reserved for residents.
		This property is located approximately 10 kilometers from Vasco da Gama bridge and is approximately a 25 minute drive to Lisbon.
	www.manorhouses.com /manors/portugal/praiafontes.html (397 words)

	Lisbon travel guide - Wikitravel
		This sister bridge of the Golden Gate in San Francisco was designed by the same architect in 1966 to connect Lisbon with the Setubal peninsula across the Tagus (Tejo) River.
		Alcântara, Santos, Parque das Nações, and the castle area are all neighbourhoods with a thriving nightlife.
		Praia das Maçãs is a small and surprisingly calm seaside resort about 30km to the west.
	wikitravel.org /en/Lisbon (3251 words)

	Lusoponte
		The Main Bridge it is a spectacular concrete structure as the deck it is stayed to main pylons.
		Its central span is of 420 m and the side spans of 203 m.
		A huge pre-casting yard at Seixal, 22 kms downstream from the bridge, was used to manufacture concrete pre-cast units for this viaduct.
	www.lusoponte.pt /uk/pvg_projecto_tracado.htm (666 words)

	April 2007 Bridges Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ponte Vasco da Gama (Vasco da Gama Bridge), which crosses the estuary of the Tagus River between Sacavém and Montijo near Lisbon, Portugal, is—at 17,200 m (56,381 ft)—one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in Europe.
		Designed by Armando Rito in collaboration with Michel Virlogeux (who also engineered the Millau Viaduct, which graces the calendar’s cover), the bridge officially opened on March 29, 1998—just before the opening of the Expo 98 World’s Fair and 500 years after Vasco da Gama’s discovery of the sea route from Europe to India.
		The bridge was designed to withstand an earthquake four and a half times stronger than the 1755 Liston earthquake, which is estimated to have registered 8.7 on the Richter scale.
	www.pubs.asce.org /calendar/apr.htm (155 words)

	Vasco da Gama Bridge (Lisbon - Portugal) - SkyscraperCity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This newest bridge in Lisbon, Ponte Vasco da Gama, enables north-south traffic to bypass the Portuguese capital and was built as an alternative route to the 25 de Abril Bridge, frequently congested with traffic jams especially during the rush-hour periods.
		This seemingly never-ending bridge is a Cable-stayed bridge.
		Vasco da Gama is the largest bridge in Europe with a length of 17.2 km (10 miles), 10 km of which are over the Tagus river.
	skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=268946 (355 words)

	Structurae [en]: Vasco da Gama Bridge (1998)
		Branco, F. Consulting studies for the cable stayed Vasco da Gama bridge, presented at.
		Cunha, Alvaro Dynamic tests on Vasco da Gama cable-stayed bridge, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges.
		Rodrigues, Joaquim Vasco Da Gama Bridge, in "VSL News", 1996, n.
	en.structurae.de /structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000315 (475 words)

	Vasco da Gama Tower, Parque das Nações, Lisbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Vasco da Gama Bridge is 17km (11 miles) long (10km/6 miles of which pass over water), making it the longest bridge in Europe when it opened in 1998 and still today one of the longest in the world.
		It's a superb feat of engineering, made up of several sections supported by pillars, built at a cost of one billion US dollars.
		Vasco da Gama Tower - The city's tallest building with a panoramic viewing platform.
	www.golisbon.com /sight-seeing/vasco-da-gama-bridge.html (134 words)

	[v*c] Portugal > Lisbon Coast > Lisbon > Lisbon - Treasures
		The application for the Portuguese Expo was accompanied by what can be called a «peripheric and aquatic» option as to its localization, and two alternative hypothesis were put forward: to the east or to the west of the city´s modern area.
		The work made the access to Lisbon easier; before, it was made through a bridge too far away from the center, thus forcing people to take a longer route.
		In terms of structure, the bridge is formed, first, by pillars from which the metal cables that hold the parts closer to land are suspended.
	viajar.clix.pt /com/tesouros.php?lid=327&lg=en (1248 words)

	The official website of the official Vasco da Gama Foundation
		They came through, feet firmly stuck in the mud of integrity, refusing to go with the flow and proudly carrying the banner for all they upheld to be good and decent.
		Gama's sell-out show was opened by Lord Byrom, a Wetherby poet who emerged naked from a dustbin, centre stage, to shrieks of delight from the crowd.
		An inedible amount of sewage has flown under the bridge since Gama called it a day but now the time is right for a comeback- the better element demand it, tomorrow's generation deserve it.
	myoldschools.co.uk /gama/index.html (565 words)

	Google Sightseeing » Post Archive » The Rio-Antirio Bridge
		Inspired by some posters I’ve seen recently advertising a rival mapping service, here’s the Rio-Antirio bridge which spans the Gulf of Corinth in Greece, which has the world’s longest cable-stayed suspended deck.
		To accomodate this, the piers of the bridge are designed to slide, accomodating any expansion of the Gulf within the bridge’s lifetime.
		The bridge in the advert is actually the Vasco da Gama bridge in Lisbon.
	googlesightseeing.com /2006/06/26/rio-antirio-bridge (533 words)

	Hotel Tivoli Tejo Lisboa - Lisbon - Portugal
		From the Vasco da Gama Bridge (South) and the A1 (North):
		Lisbon can best be seen by strolling through the typical neighbourhoods of Alfama or Bairro Alto, hopping on board a tram, taking a boat along the river, or even by using Lisbon's underground, with its decorative stations, many of which are true works of art by well-known Portuguese artists.
		East of the city, the brand new Parque das Nações (ex-Expo'98) with a variety of leisure attractions, including the Oceanarium, widely considered to be one of the best in the world.
	www.portugalvirtual.pt /_lodging/costadelisboa/lisbon/tivoli.tejo/uklocation.html (489 words)

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