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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.
During its construction and for some decades afterward it was the largest stone bridge in Europe. It was 561 meters (1,841 ft) long and 38 meters (125 ft) high. The structure was planned by Carl Ritter von Ghega and construction began in 1850, lasting until August 1856, when the first train crossed it. It was a two-story structure; the first ...
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 .
Europe bridge is the name of several bridges in Europe : In Austria as Europabrücke. Europabrücke, a bridge over the Wipp valley (1963), highest bridge in Europe until 2004 and Millau Viaduct achievement; In Belgium as Pont de l'Europe. Pont de l'Europe in Huy, over the Meuse (1980) see; In Bulgaria and Romania
Most SNP [1] ("Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising"), commonly referred to as Most Slovenského národného povstania or the UFO Bridge, and named Nový most ("New Bridge") from 1993 to 2012, is a road bridge over the Danube in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is the world's longest bridge to have one pylon and one cable-stayed plane.
The bridge crosses the gorges of the Trient at a height of 187 meters between Vernayaz and Salvan and connects Salvan to Martigny. The bridge was constructed between 1931 and 1934 and held the record of highest bridge in Europe for 29 years before being dethroned by the Europabrücke in 1963. [2] The Gueuroz Bridge has a length of 168.36 m. [3]
36,000 m 3 of concrete and 100,000 tonnes [citation needed] of steel were built into the bridge. The largest of four pillars, upon which the bridge lies, has a base bigger than a tennis court . Belgian extreme sportsman Cedric Dumont was the first person to jump from the bridge on 11 September 2008.
In 1871 the bridge was extended on the south side by the Karlín connecting viaduct to enable a direct connection between Bubny and Libeň. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries extensive adjustments were made to the Vltava River, and three branches under the Negrelli Viaduct near the former Šaškovy mlýny ( Šaškovy mills ) north of ...