Vasco da Gama Bridge is located next to the Parque das Nações (Park of Nations). It's located on the eastern end of Lisbon.
(Parque das Nações)
Vasco da Gama Bridge crosses the Tagus River (Rio Tejo) about 20 km upstream from the 25th April Bridge, located in the heart of Lisbon. It opened a second north-south corridor and is part of a new road corridor to Spain.
Portugal Lisbon
Type: Cable-stayed bridge
The longest in Europe and one of the largest of its kind in the world.
Oresundsbron Bridge
The Oresund Bridge is a combined two-track rail and four-lane road bridge across the Oresund strait. The bridge-tunnel is the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe and connects the two metropolitan areas of the Oresund Region: the Danish capital of Copenhagen and the Swedish city of Malmö.
Construction began in 1995. The last section was constructed on August 14, 1999.
The bridge has one of the longest cable-stayed main spans in the world at 490 metres (1,608 ft). The height of the highest pillar is 204 metres (669 ft). The total length of the bridge is 7,845 metres (25,738 ft), which is approximately half the distance between the Swedish and Danish landmasses, and its weight is 82,000 metric tons. The rest of the distance is spanned by the artificial island Peberholm (Pepper islet) (4,055 m), named as a counterpart to the already existing Saltholm islet, followed by a tunnel on the Danish side.
¿Why is importan this bridge?
When bridges are built a lot of workers will get employment for a longer time.
Local trade and service deliverers nearby the construction sites.
The universities in Denmark and Sweden now collaborate around higher educations, allowing students to study in their neighbor country.
Ferry were no longer needed.
The time spend on the ferry is much longer than by bridge.
Solkan is a small town in Slovenia were Shasa live. The Solkan bridge is over the Soča River and is not the most beatiful river in the word.
The Solkan bridge is famous because it has the largest stone arch in the world. The arch spans 55 meters. Was constructed in 1905 by Leopold Örley and desingned by Rudolf Jaussner. This bridge was constructed because of the need for additional railway connection of Vienna to Trieste.
During World War I the bridge was severely damaged. The bridge has been repaired several times, but it has preserved it original form and significance.
(Parque das Nações)
Lisbon 
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