Bridges
Portugal

Vasco da Gama Bridge

It is the longest bridge in Europe. One of the most ambitious public works ever carried out in Portugal was built using Secil concrete.
  • Location
    Lisbon/Margem Sul do Tejo, Portugal
  • Construction period
    1995-1998
  • Project Owner
    Governo português
  • Project
    Consortium of 4 companies: Kvaerner Technology Ltd.; EEG - Europe Etudes Gecti; COBA - Consultores para Obras, Barragens e Planeamento; PROPONTE - Projectos de Pontes e Estruturas Especiais.
  • Crossing total length
    17 185 m
  • Volume de betão
    730 000 m³
  • Volume of concrete
    17 000 m³
About Vasco da Gama Bridge

Connecting Lisbon and the south bank of the Tejo River, spanning a total of 17 km, Vasco da Gama Bridge is one of the largest public works ever made in Portugal.

 

Built to ease traffic congestion on the 25 de Abril Bridge, the construction project also included a vast environmental programme to preserve the Parque Natural do Estuário do Tejo (Tejo National Park).

 

What is certain is that this grandiose work, which boasts 730 000m³ of concrete, is already patent in the history of civil engineering as one of the largest and most successful projects of the 20th century.

Vasco da Gama Bridge
Vasco da Gama Bridge
Vasco da Gama Bridge detail
Vasco da Gama Bridge detail
Vasco da Gama Bridge detail