Infante Dom Henrique Bridge

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The Infante Dom Henrique Bridge is a modern concrete road bridge spanning the Douro River in Porto, Portugal, known for its elegant single-span arch design and role in easing traffic between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.

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Infante Dom Henrique Bridge canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arch bridge ⓘ
bridge over the Douro River ⓘ
concrete bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
city Porto ⓘ
cityServed Porto metropolitan area ⓘ
clearanceBelow 70 metres ⓘ
connects Porto ⓘ
Vila Nova de Gaia ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
crosses Douro River ⓘ
design single-span arch ⓘ
designer Adão da Fonseca ⓘ
engineeringDiscipline civil engineering ⓘ
function carries motor vehicles ⓘ
hasSidewalks yes ⓘ
heritage part of the set of bridges over the Douro in Porto ⓘ
lanes 4 traffic lanes ⓘ
length 371 metres ⓘ
loadType road vehicles ⓘ
locatedIn Porto ⓘ
Vila Nova de Gaia ⓘ
locationRelativeToCityCentre east of Dom Luís I Bridge ⓘ
mainSpanLength 280 metres ⓘ
maintenance Portuguese road authorities ⓘ
material reinforced concrete ⓘ
namedAfter Infante Dom Henrique ⓘ
namedFor Henry the Navigator ⓘ
notableFor elegant concrete arch ⓘ
long single-span design ⓘ
opened 21 March 2003 ⓘ
owner Portuguese public authorities ⓘ
partOf road network of Porto metropolitan area ⓘ
region Norte Region ⓘ
replaced upper deck road function of Dom Luís I Bridge ⓘ
riverBank left bank: Vila Nova de Gaia ⓘ
right bank: Porto ⓘ
role eases traffic between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia ⓘ
safetyFeature concrete barriers ⓘ
status in use ⓘ
structureType deck arch bridge ⓘ
toll no ⓘ
trafficType motor vehicles only ⓘ
urbanContext inner-city river crossing ⓘ
use road traffic ⓘ
width 20 metres ⓘ
yearCompleted 2003 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Porto north bank → connectedBy → Infante Dom Henrique Bridge ⓘ
Ribeira → hasNearbyBridge → Infante Dom Henrique Bridge ⓘ