Portugal - Ponte 25 de Abril 4月25日大橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1966-08-06
  


 

Stamp Issue : 2008-10-16 

25th of April Bridge (Ponte 25 de Abril) is a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, to the municipality of Almada on the left (south) bank of the Tejo River.
With a total length of 2,277.64 meters, the upper platform carries six car lanes, the lower platform two train tracks. Because of its similar coloring, it is often compared to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA. In fact, it was built by the same company (American Bridge Company) that constructed the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
It was inaugurated on August 6, 1966. The bridge was original named Salazar Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Salazar). Soon after the Carnation Revolution in 1974, the bridge was renamed. A train platform was added in 1999.

4月25日大橋是一座橫跨特茹河的懸索橋，連接葡萄牙首都里斯本和左岸（南）的阿爾馬德。全長2,277.64公尺，上層六線行車，下層有雙軌鐵路。由於造型類似美國舊金山金門大橋，事實上也是同一家公司（美國橋梁公司）設計了舊金山的奧克蘭海灣大橋。
1966年8月6日通車，原名薩拉查大橋，石竹花革命後不久於1974年被改名。1999年加設火車月台。