{"id":41231,"date":"2022-12-05T16:19:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisbonsightsailing.com\/?post_type=pontos-de-interesse&#038;p=41231"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:33:42","slug":"25-abril-bridge","status":"publish","type":"vistas","link":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/vistas\/25-abril-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"25 de Abril Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The April 25th Bridge is essential in the communication of the two banks, connecting the cities of <strong>Lisbon and Almada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-uma-ponte-com-varios-recordes\">A bridge with multiple records<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes named as the \u201cPortuguese Golden Gate Bridge\u201d because of its similarities with the suspension bridge of San Francisco (USA). In fact, after more than 50 years of ideas and projects, the construction of this bridge was attributed to the same North American company. Originally known as Ponte Salazar, this engineering work would go down in the city&#8217;s history for several reasons. Having cost less than anticipated and being executed in record time were two of them.   <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-e-com-muitas-historias-para-contar\">And with lots of stories to tell<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was originally known as Ponte Salazar in honor of the President of the Council of Ministers of the time. However, soon after the revolution of April 1974, its name was changed to <strong>April 25th Bridge<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The impressiveness of this bridge with a total length of about 2,280 m, is clearly expressed by two facts. On its <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/50o-aniversario-da-ponte-tejo\/\">inauguration<\/a> day \u2013 August 6th, 1966 \u2013 it was the fifth largest suspension bridge in the world and the largest one outside the United States. After fifty years it remains in the group of the 20 largest suspension bridges in the world.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although it was built exclusively for cars, in 1999 it was also opened up to rail traffic.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pedestrian crossing is not allowed, the April 25th Bridge fills up every year with thousands of sportspeople from all over the world. The <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/lisbon-half-marathon-on-the-25th-of-april-bridge\/\">Lisbon half marathon<\/a>, which takes place in March, is already a landmark in the city&#8217;s sport. This was also a unique opportunity to step on the bridge deck.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you pass under this grand structure, you can hear the sound of cars and trains moving. At 70 meters above the river level, the partly metal deck creates a hum that can be heard hundreds of meters away. It is absolutely impressive.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On September 27th, 2017, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitlisboa.com\/pt-pt\/locais\/experiencia-pilar-7\">Pillar 7 Experience<\/a><\/strong> was inaugurated. Without a doubt the second best view over Lisbon. Come and discover the first with us!  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bottleneck of the Tagus is the name given to the narrowest part of the river estuary and where the April 25th Bridge is located. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":38620,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[390],"tags":[1394,1009,1093,1095,1050,1395,1094,1034],"localidade":[1505],"class_list":["post-41231","vistas","type-vistas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sights","tag-barco-en-3","tag-catamaran-en","tag-lisboa-en","tag-rio-en","tag-sailing-boat","tag-tejo-en-2","tag-passeio-en","tag-yacht","localidade-lisboa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vistas\/41231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vistas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vistas"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vistas\/41231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41231"},{"taxonomy":"localidade","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/localidade?post=41231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}