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The Vasco da Gama Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Vasco da Gama) is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts that spans the Tagus River in Parque das Nações in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. It is the second longest bridge in Europe , after the Crimean Bridge , [ 8 ] and the longest one in the European Union .
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File:Vgama.jpg Vasco da Gama Bridge. NOTE: Chancellor Alt, you can't make the image bigger by changing the size of the thumbnail. It's only 350 pixels wide, and can't be bigger than that unless the original photographer supplies a bigger version. I made the thumbnail 250 pixels again to match the formatting of the rest of the FPC page.
Vasco da Gama Bridge: 420 m (1,380 ft) 12,345 m (40,502 ft) [7] Cable-stayed ... EN125 road bridge linking crossing the Arade River: Ponte da Ribeira de Aljezur:
a new bridge across the river, the Vasco da Gama Bridge (then the longest in Europe) [3] a new line for the Lisbon Metro, with seven stations (five of which were ready for opening day) [4] a new main multi-modal terminal, featuring trains, metro, buses, and taxis, called Gare do Oriente, by architect Santiago Calatrava. [3]
A few places in Lisbon's Parque das Nações are named after the explorer, such as the Vasco da Gama Bridge, Vasco da Gama Tower and the Centro Comercial Vasco da Gama shopping centre. [55] The Oceanário in the Parque das Nações has a mascot of a cartoon diver with the name of "Vasco", who is named after the explorer. [56]
Previously, China's Si Du River Bridge had taken the title. But that bridge is actually quite low in comparison, hanging 1,600 feet above the river. But for bridge towers, Beipanjiang Bridge is ...
The Vasco da Gama Tower (Portuguese: Torre Vasco da Gama, pronounced [ˈtoʁɨ ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]) is a 160-metre (520 ft) lattice tower with skyscraper in the civil parish of Parque das Nações, the municipality of Lisbon, in Portugal.