The Third Tagus Crossing (; commonly abbreviated as TTT) is a project for a road-rail crossing over the
Tagus River
The Tagus ( ; ; ) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales between Cuenca and Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally westward, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon.
Name
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, with the aim of connecting the city of
Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...
, on the north bank, to the peninsula of
Setúbal
Setúbal ( , , ; ), officially the City of Setúbal (), is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the entire municipality in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies withi ...
on the south bank. It is part of the construction of the new Lisbon-Madrid and Lisbon-Seville high-speed railway line ("RAVE").
Characteristics
The crossing would link the localities of Chelas, on the north bank, and
Barreiro, on the south
[http://diario.iol.pt/noticia.html?id=935305&div_id=4072] and would have a length of approximately 15 kilometers. Its towers would have a height of 198 meters, becoming one of Portugal's highest structures.
The bridge would carry three to four road lanes and two railway lines in each direction, one line to be used by high speed rail services and the other to integrate the Alentejo Line from the
Refer network.
See also
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High-speed rail in Portugal
The Alfa Pendular network, with top speeds of 220 km/h (135 mph) connects much of Portugal. In February 2009, the government of Portugal announced plans to build a high-speed rail line from Lisbon to Madrid; this plan was cancelled in March 2012 ...
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Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses
References
External links
* Fotos da maquete exposta ao público na Estação de Santa Apolónia em 2009: vista de
Madre de DeusBarreiro (nascente)Barreiro (poente)Barreiro (noroeste)
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Bridges over the Tagus