25 de Abril Bridge

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road-rail bridge suspension bridge

The 25 de Abril Bridge is a large suspension bridge in Lisbon, Portugal, often compared to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge for its similar appearance and iconic status.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf road-rail bridge ⓘ
suspension bridge ⓘ
carries rail traffic ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ
clearanceBelow 70 m ⓘ
color red ⓘ
connects Almada ⓘ
Lisbon ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1966-08-06 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1962-11-05 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
crosses Tagus River ⓘ
designer American Bridge Company ⓘ
designSimilarTo Golden Gate Bridge ⓘ
engineer Morrison-Knudsen ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus iconic structure of 20th-century Portuguese engineering ⓘ
height 190 m ⓘ
length 2277 m ⓘ
locatedIn Lisbon ⓘ
locatedInWaterBody Tagus River estuary ⓘ
surface form: Tagus estuary
mainSpanLength 1013 m ⓘ
maintainedBy Lusoponte ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
namedAfter Carnation Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974
notableFor iconic landmark of Lisbon ⓘ
resemblance to Golden Gate Bridge ⓘ
openingDate 1966-08-06 ⓘ
originalName Ponte Salazar ⓘ
owner Portugal ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese state
partOf A2 motorway ⓘ
Lisbon public transport network ⓘ
surface form: Lisbon metropolitan transport network
pylonType steel towers ⓘ
railDeckOpened 1999 ⓘ
railTracks 2 ⓘ
region Lisbon District ⓘ
surface form: Lisbon metropolitan area
renamedInYear 1974 ⓘ
roadDeckOpened 1966 ⓘ
roadLanes 6 ⓘ
structureType steel truss deck ⓘ
toll yes ⓘ
tollDirection northbound ⓘ
trafficType mixed road and rail ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tagus River → hasBridge → 25 de Abril Bridge ⓘ
Lisbon → hasLandmark → 25 de Abril Bridge ⓘ
Praça do Comércio → hasView → 25 de Abril Bridge ⓘ