Vasco da Gama Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Built: | 1995 - 1998 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe |
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| Crosses |
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| Coordinates: | 38° 45' 29.00" N 9° 2' 15.00" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 17 185 m | |
| deck | width | 30.9 m |
| main arch | total length | 824 m |
| main bridge | main span | 420 m |
| number of cables | 192 | |
| pylon | pylon height | 155 m |
Quantities
| concrete volume | 730 000 m3 |
Materials
| pylons |
reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| 10 April 1997 | A metal falsework collapses killing six workers. |
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Participants
Design
- EEG Europe Etudes Gecti
- Armando Rito (designer)
- Alain Montois (architect)
- Michel Virlogeux (official expert)
Geotechnical/geological experts
Contractor
- Bento Pedrodo Construções
- Campenon Bernard
- Edifer Construções
- Kvaerner Engineering & Construction
- Mota & Companhia
- Sociedade de Construções H. Hagen
- Somague - Sociedade de Construções
- Teixera Duarte Engenharia e Construções
Stay cables
Prestressing
Stay cable steel supplier
Pot bearings
Expansion joints
Monitoring equipment
Software
- Formule Informatique (cable geometry)
- LUSAS
Relevant Web Sites
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BBC News: Portugal celebrates opening of giant bridge (29.3.1998)
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Bernd Nebel: Die Vasco da Gama Brücke in Lissabon
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Bridge Pros: Vasco da Gama Bridge
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Cable-Stayed Bridges of Europe: Portugal (H-L)
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Lusas: Seismic Design Check of the Vasco da Gama Bridge and Approach Viaducts
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Lusoponte
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Wikipedia: Vasco da Gama Bridge
Relevant Publications
- Pylone der Vasco-da-Gama-Brücke fertiggestellt, in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", November 1997, n. 11 v. 92
- La construction du Pont Vasco da Gama, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743
- Numerical Wind Studies for the Vasco da Gama Bridge, Portugal, in "Structural Engineering International", May 1998, n. 2 v. 8
- Consulting studies for the cable stayed Vasco da Gama bridge, presented at .
- Les dispositions antisismiques, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743
- Conception parasismique du pont principal, presented at .
- Vasco da Gama Bridge, Portugal, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1998, n. 4 v. 8
- Dynamic tests on Vasco da Gama cable-stayed bridge, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France), 2004; pp. 23
- Le pont Vasco de Gama à Lisbonne. Les méthodes de construction du viaduc central, in "Travaux", December 1996, n. 726
- Quelques aspects du viaduc central, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743
- Synthèse des travaux du projet national BHP 2000 sur les bétons à hautes performances, Presses de l'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (France), ISBN 285978408X, 2005
- Le Pont Vasco da Gama, Le cherche midi éditeur, Paris (France), ISBN 2862745618, 1998
- Le viaduc central: étude de sensibilité au calcul sismique, presented at .
- Les essais et les calculs au vent pour le projet d'exécution de l'ouvrage principal à haubans du pont Vasco de Gama sur le Tage, presented at .
- Le pont Vasco de Gama sur le Tage, presented at .
- Durabilité des bétons, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743
- La concession, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743
- Le Passage (1st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg), ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 154-155
- Vasco Da Gama Bridge, in "VSL News", 1996, n. 2 v. 7
- Les contraintes du montage en concession sur les études et la construction, presented at .
- Les haubans du pont Vasco de Gama, presented at .
- La précontrainte du pont sur le Tage, presented at .
- Le pont à haubans, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 342-347
- Le pont Vasco de Gama sur le Tage. Pont principal. Problèmes spécifiques, presented at .
- Pont du Tage: viaduc central et pont à haubans. Méthodes de construction, presented at La Technique française du béton, XIIIe congrès de la FIB, Amsterdam 1998.
- La traversée du Tage. Aspects généraux du projet. Procédés de construction, presented at La Technique française du béton, XIIIe congrès de la FIB, Amsterdam 1998.
- Les fondations maritimes, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000315 |
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| Created: | 27/07/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |
