25th of April Bridge
When you cross the 25th of April Bridge—Ponte 25 de Abril—you’re moving along a landmark whose name changed with Portuguese politics. Built during the Salazar era and inaugurated on 1966-08-06, it originally carried the title Salazar Bridge (Ponte Salazar), after António de Oliveira Salazar, who ordered its construction. The shift came after the Carnation Revolution of 1974, which overthrew the final remnants of Salazar’s Estado Novo regime. In that new political climate, the bridge was renamed for April 25, the revolution’s date. Technically, it is a major Tagus crossing: its main suspension span measures 1,013 metres. The structure also evolved with demand—by the 1990s a fifth car lane was added, and in 1999 a lower deck was completed for rail. Today, the upper deck carries six car lanes, while the lower deck carries a double, electrified railway line at 25 kV AC.
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