Editing Lisbon (section)

===Bridges===
[[File:25_de_Abril_Bridge_(36831608556).jpg|thumb|right|The [[25 de Abril Bridge]] crosses the [[Tagus River]] from [[Alcântara (Lisbon)|Alcântara]] to [[Almada]]]]
[[File:Vasco_da_Gama_Bridge.jpg|thumb|Vasco da Gama bridge crosses the Tagus from [[Parque das Nações]] to [[Montijo, Portugal|Montijo]]]]
The city is connected to the far side of the Tagus by two important bridges:
* The [[25 de Abril Bridge]], inaugurated (as Ponte [[António de Oliveira Salazar|Salazar]]) on 6 August 1966, and later renamed after the date of the [[Carnation Revolution]], was the longest [[suspension bridge]] in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/suspension-bridge |title=Suspension bridge |date=15 November 2016 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=30 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131024300/https://www.britannica.com/technology/suspension-bridge |archive-date=31 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* The [[Vasco da Gama Bridge]], opened on 29 March 1998 is, at {{cvt|17.2|km|mi|1}}, the longest bridge in Europe.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/pictures/8997330/The-highest-tallest-longest-and-oldest-bridges-in-the-world.html?image=7 |title=The highest, tallest, longest and oldest bridges in the world |work=The Telegraph |access-date=30 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131043640/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/pictures/8997330/The-highest-tallest-longest-and-oldest-bridges-in-the-world.html?image=7 |archive-date=31 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The foundations for a [[Third Tagus Crossing|third bridge across the Tagus]] have already been laid, but the overall project has been postponed due to economic crisis that affected Portugal, and other bureaucratic and political reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=17 November 2022 |title=Plano Ferroviário prevê terceira travessia sobre o Tejo |url=https://www.dn.pt/sociedade/plano-ferroviario-preve-terceira-travessia-sobre-o-tejo-15362031.html |access-date=24 August 2023 |website=www.dn.pt |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cipriano |first=Carlos |date=28 February 2023 |title=Zero quer prioridade à Terceira Travessia do Tejo exclusivamente ferroviária |url=https://www.publico.pt/2023/02/28/economia/noticia/zero-quer-prioridade-terceira-travessia-tejo-exclusivamente-ferroviaria-2040472 |access-date=24 August 2023 |website=Público |language=pt}}</ref>