Vasco Da Gama Bridge

- It's located on the eastern end of lisbon next to the Park of Nations. It crosses the Tagus River located in the heart of lisbon.
- It's a cable-stayed bridge, held up by cables that are attached to short towers wich are responsible of providing support to the structure.
- The predominant material in it's construction is reinforced concrete.
- The bridge's purpose is to provide anorth-south traffic link to bypass Lisbon reducing traffic congestion in the capital.

Eiserner Steg

- It's located in frankfurt, Germany.

- It's a truss bridge, triangular junctions of linear iron members form a structure that supports the bridge over the water.
- As said before, Iron is the main material used for it's construction.
- It was built to serve as a pedestrian pass through the frankfurt river.

Opinion:

     Vasco Da Gamma Bridge is a perfect solution for the traffic in Lisbon because it’s a perfect connecting network in the city,  also this bridge renews the image of the city so it being a tourist attraction.

     To cover the communication needs of Frankfurt the government decided to build the Eisener Steg Bridge. I think this bridge could be an alternative to the improvement of a public space because it encourages urban activity and solves the problems of communication with the other side of the river.

I liked the two presentations, one more lively than the other but both equally informative

New Words:

Footbridge: a bridge for people who are walking

Bypass: a road that goes around a blocked or very crowded area