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The Tagus River Bridge or 25th of April Bridge (Ponte 25 de Abril) in Lisbon, Portugal, was built by the American Bridge Company and completed in 1966, after four years of construction, for $32 million. It was originally named Salazar Bridge (after the then prime minister/dictator of Portugal, António de Oliveira Salazar), but, after the Carnation Revolution, in 1974, the bridge was renamed the 25 April Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte 25 de Abril), the day when the revolution occurred. In an emblematic picture of the revolution, captured in video, some people removed the letters saying "Salazar" and painted "25 April", instead of it. Download high resolution version (4113x1314, 1046 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
District or region Lisbon Mayor - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ...
The American Bridge Company is a privately held civil engineering firm specializing in the construction and renovation of bridges and other large civil engineering projects, founded in 1900, and headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
Salazar is the name of: Vidal Salazar, A Scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research NCAR which main field of study is Aerosol-Cloud Interations. ...
The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese, Revolução dos Cravos) was an almost bloodless, left-leaning, military-led revolution started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a liberal democracy after a two-year process of a Left-wing semi-military...
April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ...
Its total length is 2,277 m, the main span measuring 1,013m (17th largest suspension bridge in the world). It enbodies an important railroad line connecting Lisbon to the south, this line opened in 1999. The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge has the largest span of any bridge This list of the largest suspension bridges ranks the worlds suspension bridges by the length of main span (distance between the suspension towers). ...
At the time of its completion it was the longest suspended span in Europe, had the longest main span in Continental Europe, was the world's longest continuous truss, and had the world's deepest bridge foundation (82 meters).
It is often compared to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA and was constructed under North American management. The American Society of Civil Engineers says that "Like its sister bridge, the Golden Gate in San Francisco, the Tagus River Bridge is located in an area with a long history of earthquakes" and seismic data had to be taken into account in its construction. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ...
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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. ...
See also
The Vasco da Gama Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Tagus River near Lisbon, Portugal. ...
External links  25th April Bridge viewed from Cristo Rei. - Tagus Bridge at Structurae.de
- Bridges of Lisbon
- Bridges of Portugal at Bridgemeister.com
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