Bridge Name: | Lezíria Bridge |
Official Name: | Ponte da Lezíria |
Carries: | Six road lanes of IC 11 - A 10 |
Crosses: | Tagus river |
Locale: | Carregado, north of Lisbon (right bank) Municipality of Benavente (left bank) |
Maint: | Brisa[1] |
Design: | box girder, viaducts |
Mainspan: | 133 m |
Length: | 11,902 m |
Begin: | 2005 |
Complete: | 2007 |
Open: | July 2007 |
Toll: | €1.25 per passenger car (up to €3.10 per truck) northbound or southbound |
Coordinates: | 39.0125°N -8.9333°W |
The Lezíria Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte da Lezíria) is a box girder bridge[2] flanked by viaducts and rangeviews that spans the Tagus river and the Sorraia River between Carregado and Benavente, north-east of Lisbon, capital of Portugal. It is the third-longest bridge in Europe (including viaducts) with a total length of 12 km. The main bridge spans 972 m over the Tagus and the Sorraia rivers. The span lengths are 95 m - 127 m - 133 m - 4 × 130 m - 95 m.
The bridge was constructed in 21 months using the balanced cantilever method and opened to traffic in July 2007.
The bridge carries six road lanes, with a speed limit of, the same as motorways.