Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
The highest bridge tower in the world: the mast atop pylon P2 peaks at 343 metres (1,125 ft); The highest road bridge deck in Europe, 270 metres (890 ft) above the Tarn at its highest point; it is nearly twice as tall as the previous tallest vehicular bridges in Europe, the Europabrücke in Austria and the Italia Viaduct in Italy.
This list of tallest bridges includes bridges with a structural height of at least 200 metres (660 ft). The structural height of a bridge is the maximum vertical distance from the uppermost part of a bridge, such as the top of a bridge tower, to the lowermost exposed part of the bridge, where its piers, towers, or mast pylons emerge from the surface of the ground or water.
There’s a 342m (1,122ft) span between each pairing – large enough for the Eiffel Tower to slot in the gap. The piers are coupled with seven steel pylons, each 87 meters (285 feet) high, with ...
The definition of cable-stayed bridge deck length used here is: A continuous part of the bridge deck that is supported only by stay-cables and pylons, or are free spans. This means that columns supporting the side span as for example found in Pont de Normandie , excludes most of the side span decks from the cable-stayed deck length.
Monnow Bridge Pont Trefynwy Bridge in Wales View of the bridge looking north Coordinates 51°48′32″N 2°43′12″W / 51.8090°N 2.7200°W / 51.8090; -2.7200 Carries Pedestrian traffic Crosses River Monnow Locale Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales Characteristics Design Bridge tower Material Old Red Sandstone Total length 34.80 m (114.2 ft) Width 7.30 m (24.0 ft) No. of spans 3 ...
Gubbiotti shared hopes that the bridge will bring new business to the area. The bridge, which opened in time for the Easter holiday weekend, takes a maximum of 90 visitors per hour-long slot ...
The Erasmusbrug (English: "Erasmus Bridge") is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge.Construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1996. It crosses the Nieuwe Maas in the centre of Rotterdam, connecting the north and south parts of this city, second largest in the Netherlands.