Patras: Rio-Antirion bridge
March 10, 2006
The Rion-Antirion bridge crosses the Corinth strait near the city of Patras, connecting Peloponnese with mainland Greece.
Recently completed, the bridge is one of the most challenging engineering structures in Europe and the longest cable stayed bridge in the world with a continuous deck of 2,250 meters, outdoing the Golden Gate suspension bridge (1,966m). It connects the Peloponnesian peninsula with central Greece, providing an uninterrupted transport link between Patras, Greece’s third largest city, and Igoumenitsa, Greece’s northeastern port and the eastern end point of the Egnatia Highway.
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