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Ponte de Nossa Senhora da Ajuda Puente de Nuestra Señora de Ayuda: Named for: Nossa Senhora da Ajuda/Nuestra Señora de Ayuda: Owner: Portugal/Spain: Heritage status: Imóvel de Interesse Público/Bien de Interés Cultural: Characteristics; Material: Stone: Total length: 453 m (1,486.2 ft) Width: 5 m (16.4 ft) Height: 161 m (528.2 ft) No. of ...
The Infante Dom Henrique Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Infante Dom Henrique), commonly known as Infante Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte do Infante), is a road bridge across the Douro River in Greater Porto, Portugal. The bridge is upriver from the Dom Luís I Bridge and downriver from the Maria Pia Bridge.
Ponte do Bico is a bridge in Portugal. It is located in Braga District , crossing the Cávado River . It is a work from the time of minister Fontes Pereira de Melo who is mostly remembered for conducting dynamic industrial and public infrastructure policy which become known as Fontismo (after his name).
The Pedro e Inês bridge is a footbridge opened in 2007 in the town of Coimbra in Portugal. It was designed by Cecil Balmond , Arup Group , and Portuguese civil engineer António Adão da Fonseca. Spanning the Rio Mondego , the 600 feet (180 m) structure is the city's first footbridge and has become locally known as the "bridge that doesn't meet."
Construction began on the bridge in 1978 and was completed and 11 years later on August 23, 1989. The Third Bridge was so dubbed in reference to two older bridges between Vitória and Vila Velha: Florentino Avidos Bridge, known as 'Five Bridges' ('Cinco Pontes'); and the Prince Bridge (Ponte do Príncipe), known as the 'Second Bridge'.
The Freixo Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte do Freixo) which was inaugurated in 1995 is a Portuguese bridge over the Douro river, connecting Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto. The purpose of its construction was to create an alternative to Arrábida and D. Luis I bridges. The designers of the bridge are António Reis and Daniel de Sousa.
The Ponte Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; [1] "Old Bridge") [2] is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy.The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; building shops on such bridges was once a common practice.
The Bridge of Praia da Barra (Portuguese: Ponte de Praia da Barra) is a modern bridge, situated over a confluence of the Ria Aveiro, in the civil parish of Gafanha da Nazaré, municipality of Ílhavo, in the Portuguese district of Aveiro. The bridge is situated on the western coast of Portugal, in the district of Aveiro, where the Ria Aveiro ...