The Portuguese Government decided there was a need to build a second crossing across the River Tagus in 1991. An inter-ministerial agency called Gabinete para a Travessia do Tejo em Lisboa (GATTEL) was formed to make a decision on the location of the new crossing and to make it possible to construct, finance and operate the crossing as a private concession. The agency was chaired by the Ministry of Public Works. In April 1994, Lusoponte, a consortium of Portuguese, British and French companies, won the tender to build the Vasco da Gama Bridge. Construction began in February 1995 and the bridge opened on 29 March 1998. The bridge was completed quickly so that access to Expo ’98 would become easy. “Lusoponte won the tender to build the Vasco da Gama Bridge in 1994.” Expo ’98 was held to celebrate the completion of 500 years of the discovery of a sea route between Europe and India by Vasco da Gama. The cable-stayed bridge has a central span of 420m and side spans of 203m. The height of the central towers is 150m. The deck of the bridge has a height of 47m from the water.
Lusoponte formed a consortium led by Campenon Bernard SGE in a joint venture with Novaponte and ACE. The consortium was given the responsibility of designing and constructing the main bridge structure and its access branches. The design contract was awarded to a consortium of Kvaerner Technology, Europe Etudes Gecti (EEG), Consultores para Obras Barragens e Planeamento (COBA) and Projectos de Pontes e Estruturas Especiais (PROPONTE).Įach company was given a section of the bridge to design.
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