Ponte de Santa Clara explained

Bridge Name:Ponte de Santa Clara
Crosses:Mondego River
Locale:Coimbra, Portugal
Official Name:Ponte de Santa Clara
Maint:Estradas de Portugal
Design:T-section and haunched girder bridge[1]
Designer:Edgar Cardoso
Cost: 75,000

The Ponte de Santa Clara (Portuguese for Santa Clara Bridge) is a t-section and haunched girder bridge completed and opened on 30 October 1954, crossing the Mondego River leading to the town square of Coimbra. It was inaugurated on the same date it opened by prime minister António de Oliveira Salazar for a total cost of 15,000 contos ( 75,000).

References

  1. Web site: Ponte de Santa Clara (Coimbra, 1954). 2021-06-13. Structurae. en.