Ponte de D. Luís (Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

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Name (Latin)

Other forms of name

Dom Luís I Bridge (Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Dom Luiz I Bridge (Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Luís I Bridge (Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Luiz I Bridge (Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Ponte de Dom Luís (Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Ponte Luís I (Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Ponte Luiz I (Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Coordinates

-8.609444 -8.609444 41.139722 41.139722 (gooearth )

Wikidata: Q1322447

Library of congress: sh2016001061

Sources of Information

Work cat: A Ponte Luiz I, 2014:p. 13 (the Ponte Luiz I in Porto... is a metal bridge displaying an arch with two decks)
Património Cultural, DGPC website, 9 May 2016:cultural heritage, immovable heritage list (designation: Ponte de D. Luís; current situation: listed; category/type: civil engineering / bridge; location: Porto; Vila Nova de Gaia; spans the river Douro with access via Cais da Ribeira, Porto; classified as a building of public interest by decree no 28/82, DR, I Série, no 47, of 26-02-1982; included on the UNESCO world heritage list)
Wikipedia, 9 May 2016:under Dom Luís I Bridge (Dom Luiz I Bridge; Portuguese: Ponte Luís I or Ponte Luiz I; a double-decked metal arch bridge that spans the Douro River between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal; at the time of construction its span of 172 m was the longest of its type in the world; the construction began in 1881 and the bridge opened on 31 October 1886)

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