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Bids were obtained, but the proposal was subsequently put aside in favor of a bridge crossing the river at Vila Franca de Xira, 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Lisbon. In 1953, a new government commission started work and, in 1958, recommended building the bridge, choosing the southern anchor point adjacent to the recently-built Christ the King ...
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 Monument to the First Aerial Crossing of the South Atlantic [a] is a monument in Lisbon, Portugal, placed at Brasília Avenue, within the civil parish of Belém.It consists of a stainless steel replica sculpture of Fairey III biplane, that was used by Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral during their 1922 South Atlantic aerial crossing.
The first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic was made by the Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral in 1922, to mark the centennial of Brazil's independence. Coutinho and Cabral flew in stages from Lisbon , Portugal , to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , using three different Fairey III biplanes , and covered a distance of 8,383 ...
The first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic was made by the Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral in 1922. Coutinho and Cabral flew from Lisbon, Portugal, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in stages, using three different Fairey III biplanes, and they covered a distance of 8,383 kilometres (5,209 mi) between 30 March and 17 June.
Alcântara (Lisbon), Lisbon: 1966: crosses the River Tagus: Ponte de Cheleiros: Cheleiros, Mafra: Ponte Filipina de São Pedro do Estoril: Cascais e Estoril, Cascais: Lezíria Bridge: Carregado, Alenquer: 2007: spans the Tagus River and the Sorraia River: Ponte Marechal Carmona: Vila Franca de Xira (freguesia), Vila Franca de Xira: Ponte ...
Watch firsthand, in 360 video, as Susan Sarandon listens and learns about refugees' hopes, dreams and journeys
The Third Tagus Crossing (Portuguese: Terceira Travessia do Tejo; commonly abbreviated as TTT) is a project for a road-rail crossing over the Tagus River, with the aim of connecting the city of Lisbon, on the north bank, to the peninsula of Setúbal on the south bank. [1]