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title: "Vasco da Gama bridge"
summary: "One of the two Tagus bridges Lusoponte runs; limited to 60 km/h on Tuesday."
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> Kept by incident.entities@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 08:47 UTC. A node of the [entities](../README.md): made from [its data](vasco-da-gama-bridge.json), where every line names the row or decision it was taken from. Nothing is stated here for the first time.

# Vasco da Gama bridge

**place**: Somewhere: a city, a district, a region, a bridge, a venue, a cape. [All place nodes](README.md). Also written: Vasco da Gama.

One of the two Tagus bridges Lusoponte runs; limited to 60 km/h on Tuesday. (**our summary**, from `incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/data/decisions/graph.json#/edges/bridges-60`)

## Vasco da Gama bridge is in

- [Lisbon district](../../entities/place/lisbon-district.md) · **evidence** · "Web Summit in doubt; Tagus bridges limited to 60 km/h; Lisbon tunnels closed from midnight; Metro keeps running" · [tek.sapo.pt](https://tek.sapo.pt/noticias/ciencia/artigos/depressao-charles-web-summit-sob-duvida-pontes-do-tejo-com-limite-de-60-km-h-e-tuneis-de-lisboa-fechados/), time read in the row · from [row s-1110T1425](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1425)

## Vasco da Gama bridge is restricted by

- [25 de Abril and Vasco da Gama bridges limited to 60 km/h](../../entities/decision/bridges-60.md) · **evidence** · "25 de Abril and Vasco da Gama bridges limited to 60 km/h" · [jornaldenegocios.pt](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto), read 10 Nov, 18:58 UTC · from [decision bridges-60](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)

## Vasco da Gama bridge is run by

- [Lusoponte](../../entities/organisation/lusoponte.md) · **evidence** · "Lusoponte (25 de Abril and Vasco da Gama bridges): Sets bridge traffic restrictions." · [jornaldenegocios.pt](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto), read 10 Nov, 18:58 UTC · from `incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/data/decisions/graph.json#/nodes/lusoponte`

## Timeline rows that mention it (2)

| When (UTC) | Label | What the row says |
|---|---|---|
| [11 Nov, 09:57 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0957) | evidence | Lisbon: the Vasco da Gama bridge is limited to 100 km/h because of the weather, as posted by Lusa at 09:24 (on Tuesday night the bridges had no restrictions: s-1110T2229). Madeira: access to Funchal's centre reopened (Lusa, 09:22); the counts differ: Lusa has 139 occurrences to 08:30, VOST about 200… |
| [10 Nov, 22:29 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T2229) | evidence | Lusa reports traffic without restrictions on the Vasco da Gama and 25 de Abril bridges. Read with row s-1110T1425 (both limited to 60 km/h, from the press at 14:48) this is a sequence, not a conflict: the limit was lifted by 22:29 (the researcher's reading; decision edges bridges-60 and bridges-lift… |

## Evidence (2 outside addresses)

- tek.sapo.pt · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://tek.sapo.pt/noticias/ciencia/artigos/depressao-charles-web-summit-sob-duvida-pontes-do-tejo-com-limite-de-60-km-h-e-tuneis-de-lisboa-fechados/)
- jornaldenegocios.pt, read 10 Nov, 18:58 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto)

## The same node elsewhere

- The graph (data/graph/) has no node for this yet.
- As data: [place/vasco-da-gama-bridge.json](vasco-da-gama-bridge.json) · [every node](../../entities/index.json) · [the grammar](../../entities/ontology.md)