Places
Casa da Arquitectura
Tours
Sat 09h30 e 11h00, Infraestruturas de Portugal Technician / Sat 14h00, Engineer Nuno Afonso Marques
Maximum 25 people per visit
Reservation required
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Reservations Sold Out
Disponíveis a partir de 27 de junho às 14h00
Description
On June 24th 1991, S. João’s day in Porto, the railroad bridge in the Northern Train Line over the Douro River was inaugurated. This bridge would eventually replace the centenary bridge D. Maria II. A project of engineer Edgar Cardoso, with 1140 meters of length, this bridge sets itself not in a arch but in a continuous multiple portico of vertical pillars. Made of one unique continuous piece of reinforced concrete, it has a road with two lanes that connect the North to the South of the country and where passengers, goods and products pass between cities and ports. It is the propriety of the National Rail and was made by the FERDOURO-ACE consortium.
Location
Rua Fonte da Rija
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Bus: Espírito Santo - 31, 32, 33