Bridge_presentations


 * Vasco da Gama Bridge: **

 This bridge is located in Lisbon, Portugal, very close to the Park of nations, a place used in 1998 for the Expo'98 so this bridge allowed an easy access for this event. For the same reason, this zone had to be dramatically reformed because was a discriminated and neglected area. 

Vasco Da Gama Bridge was built to commemorate to Vasco Da gamma and the 500 years of his discovery of the sea route to India. So its construction began in February 1995 and finished in March 1998.

 On the other hand, this is the longest bridge in Europe, with a total length of 17.2 km. Over the Tagus River it is this amazing bridge that belongs to the Cable Stayed Bridges classification, its structure is made of reinforced concrete with a main deck stayed to give it more stability. ** Eiserner Steg Bridge: **   This bridge is located in Frankfurt, Germany, over the Rhine River, the main River of Germany, ubicated in the center of the same, also traveling 524 km from the east to the west.

 Before this bridge was a bridge called Alterbrucke, an elegant and beautiful structure that was constructed between 1868 and 1869, with 174 meters , using mainly iron for its structure, red stone for its base and cast iron for the towers. But this bridge didn’t allow the access of of the ships, so was remodeled to fix it up.  Later of the war, in 1945 the bridge was destroyed, for the bombs that fell over the structure. After this, the bridge was rebuilt, and nowadays, the bridge use is exclusive for the pedestrian.