Rio-Antirrio Bridge
Greece
The Rio-Antirrio Bridge: an Engineering Marvel that Changed Greece
The Rio-Antirrio Bridge was opened on August 7, 2004 one week before the opening of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Within almost two decades, it changed the economic landscape in Greece. The Rio-Antirrio bridge, which connects the Peloponnese with...
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Daredevil Dancer in Breathtaking Performance at Greek Bridge (video)
Aerial dancer Katerina Soldatou has presented a daredevil performance as part of the project Greece Has Soul, dancing while hanging from Greece's Rio-Antirrio Bridge.
The Rio-Antirrio bridge is one of the largest in the world and Soldatou's aerial performance video went...
Greece
Rio-Antirrio Bridge: 13 Years since the Engineering Marvel Transformed Western Greece
Since its opening in August 2004, the Rio-Antirrio bridge has changed the economic landscape of western Greece, says a new study published on the 13th anniversary of its opening.
The bridge was inaugurated on 7 August 2004, a week before...
Greece
One of the World's Largest Arch Bridges Built in Greece
According to Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis’ announcement on Wednesday, August 27, the new arch bridge in Tsakona, at the borders of Messinia and Arcadia, will be ready within 2014.
The Tsakona bridge will be the second largest in Greece, after...
Greece
National Geographic: Rio Antirrio Bridge Documentary
The Rio-Antirrio Bridge or as it is officially called Charilaos Trikoupis located near Patras, Greece, is one of the most important accomplishments in modern Greece.
When the project first began, no one could have predicted how difficult it would be...