|Original name||Ponte Vasco da Gama|
|Location||Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal|
|Length||17 185 m|
|Clearance below||45 m|
|Longest span||420 m|
About Vasco da Gama Bridge
Vasco da Gama bridge located in the city Lisbon in Portugal and cross Targus river. The bridge is named after Vasco da Gama. He was a Portuguese explorer who found the sea route to India in 1498.
Construction of the bridge began in 1995, the bridge was completed in 1998 at the world exhibition in town.
Vasco da Gama bridge is Europe's longest bridge with a length of 17,185 meters.