The Corgo Viaduct ( pt, Viaduto do Corgo) is a viaduct in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

. It is located in the

Vila Real District The District of Vila Real ( pt, Distrito de Vila Real ) is a district of northern Portugal. With an area of , the district is located east of the port city of Porto and north of the Douro River. Vila Real has always belonged to the historica ...

, crossing the

Corgo River The Corgo River () is a river in northern Portugal which flows through the settlement of Covelo and the city of Vila Real. It flows southwards into the Douro River, merging near Granja. The Corgo River Viaduct carries the A4 motorway (Transmonta ...

. It is part of the A4 highway. Vila Real Bridge has a concrete deck, with the main span supported by two

pylons Pylon may refer to: Structures and boundaries * Pylon (architecture), the gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple or Christian cathedral * Pylon, a support tower structure for suspension bridges or highways * Pylon, an orange mar ...

. It carries four lanes of road traffic on its deck. It has the highest deck, at about above the Corgo River, among concrete-deck bridges cable-stayed in the central plain.

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{{reflist Bridges in Portugal Toll bridges in Portugal Buildings and structures in Vila Real District Cable-stayed bridges in Portugal

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