Tagus River Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
|
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Railroad (railway) bridge |
| Other name(s): | Ponte 25 de Abril |
| Built: | 1962 - 1966 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe |
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| Crosses |
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| Coordinates: | 38° 41' 27.00" N 9° 10' 39.00" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 1 012.88 m | |
| length of side spans | 483 m | |
| tower height | 190.47 m | |
| clearance | 70 m | |
| approach | total length | 945.11 m |
| deck | deck depth | 10.7 m |
| main bridge | total length | 2 277.64 m |
| span lengths | 2 x 99.64 m - 483.42 m - 1 012.88 m - 483.42 m - 98.64 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
|
|---|---|
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| pylons |
steel
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| deck truss |
steel
|
Participants
Subcontractor
Cable steel supplier
Bearings
Initial construction (1962-1966)
Design
Wind tunnel testing
Construction engineers
Contractor
Reconfiguration
Design
Renovation
Steel construction
Suspender replacement
Cables
- Redaelli Tecna spa (suspenders)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- The Salazar Bridge, Ministério das Obras Públicas, Lisbon (Portugal), 1966
- Die Hängebrücke über den Tejo in Lissabon, in "Stahlbau", July 1965, n. 7 v. 34
- Concours public pour la concession de la construction et de l'exploitation du pont du Tage à Lisbonne, in "Travaux", November 1959, n. 301
- Le nouveau pont sur le Tage à Lisbonne (Portugal), in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", June 1961 v. 26
- Le pont Salazar, sur le Tage, à Lisbonne, pont suspendu le plus long d'Europe, in "La Technique des Travaux", March 1967, n. 3-4 v. 43
- Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 114-115
- Taking care of Tagus, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 3rd Quarter 2004, n. 36 v. 10
- Tejo-Brücke Lissabon - Erweiterung, in "Stahlbau", December 1998, n. 12 v. 67
- Bridge Within a Bridge, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", October 1998, n. 10 v. 68
- Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 100-101
- Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 100-101
- Seismic response of the Tagus River Bridge, Portugal, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Brücken / Bridges (4th edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), ISBN 3421025908, 1994; pp. 292
- Railway Bridge Construction, Hutchinson Eductational Ltd, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0091086302, 1972
- Rénovation du pont du 25 avril sur le Tage à Lisbonne, in "Bulletin ponts métalliques", 2002, n. 21
- Railway installation on the Tagus Suspension Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 54-61
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000237 |
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| Created: | 16/05/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 26/04/2013 |