2 Euros 25th of April bridge

Reverse

A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2 EURO LL

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

Finely ribbed with seven castles and five coats of arms

Comment

The coin dedicated to a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon (Portugal), to the municipality of Almada on the left (south) bank of the Tagus river. It has a total length of 2,277 metres (7,470 ft), making it the 46th longest suspension bridge in the world.

From its inauguration on 6 August 1966 up to 1974, the bridge was named Salazar Bridge (Ponte Salazar), after Portuguese Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, who ordered its construction. After the Carnation Revolution, which overthrew the remnants of Salazar's regime, the bridge was renamed for April 25, the date of the revolution.

Later changes had to be made due to the rapid increase in population. In the 1990s, a fifth car lane was added, and in 1999, a lower deck, used as a railway track, which was planned since the beginning, was finally built.[4] Today, the upper deck carries six car lanes while the lower deck carries a double track railway, electrified at 25 kV AC.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2016 INCM	3530	-	-	-	-	-	-

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