Completed in 1966, Ponte 25 de Abril or "25th of April Bridge" is an elegant suspension bridge over the Tagus River that connects the city of Lisbon to Almada.
While it resembles San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, Ponte 25 de Abril was built by the American Bridge Company, the one that constructed the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Wikipedia says, "Upon completion the bridge had the longest suspended span (1,012m) and the longest main span in Continental Europe, the world's longest continuous truss, and the world's deepest bridge foundation. It was the fifth largest suspension bridge in the world, the largest outside the USA. Today it is the 20th largest suspension bridge in the world."
Originally called Salazar Bridge, in 1974, the bridge was renamed following a coup, the "Carnation Revolution of April 1974" that ended decades of repressive and authoritarian rule under President António de Oliveira Salazar.
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