11. Portugal’s Vasco da Gama Bridge
Situated in Mojito, Alochete, and Sacavem, Portugal
Founded in 1998
Price: *$1.1 billion
The Crimean Bridge is the longest bridge in Europe, although the Vasco da Gama Bridge is the longest within the EU. The majority of the 7.6 miles of the Vasco da Gama are made up of access roads and viaducts. Portugal’s Vasco da Gama has contributed to lessening traffic congestion in Lisbon.
Wikimedia.org/Vasco da Gama Bridge, Portugal ©Until Niermann
The Vasco da Gama was designed by Armando Rito. Three years passed between 1995 and 1998, when construction was completed in time for the World’s Fair. Explorer Vasco da Gama was Portuguese. In 2016, CNN reported that divers off the coast of Oman had found Esmeralda, a shipwrecked member of his 1400s fleet.
This bridge was a good candidate for the name Vasco da Gama. The renowned explorer was the first to connect Asia and Europe via an oceanic route during his first journey to India, which took place between 1497 and 1499. He made a significant historical connection by joining the Atlantic and Indian oceans, which signaled the start of sea-based colonialism.
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