Numbers
In 2006 a daily average of 150,000 cars cross the bridge, including 7,000 on the peak hour. Rail traffic is also heavy, with a daily average of 157 trains. In all, around 380,000 people cross the bridge daily (190,000 if considering return trips).
Other numbers:
- 1012,88 m - length of main span
- 2277,64 m - length of truss
- 70 m - height from water to upper platform
- 190,47 m - height of main towers (second tallest structure in Portugal)
- 58,6 cm - diameter of each of the two sets of main cables
- 11,248 - number of steel wire strand cables, each 4,87 mm in diameter, in each set of main cables
- 54,196 km - length of steel wire strand cables making up the two sets of main cables
- 79,3 m - depth (below water-level) of the foundation of the south pillar
- 30 km - length of access roads
- 32 - viaducts in the access roads
Partial source: TV documentary aired on 6 August 2006 on Portuguese station RTP1.
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