########################################################################## # Goanetters-2004 meet in Goa. Dec 21, Tuesday. 12 noon to 2 pm. # # Clube Vasco, Near Municipal Garden, Panjim. Pass the word around! # ##########################################################################
<-- Strange as it may seem, it is not so strange after all! If I remember correctly, the famous bridge on the Tagus river at Lisbon was similarly closed for a celebration some years ago (I think it was during the centenary celebrations of the Portuguese discoveries.) It is quite possible that the organisers of the Corjuem bridge party got their inspiration from this precedent! Perhaps Jorge (Abreu Noronha) could clarify. ---Tony Correia-Afonso.> The original bridge over the Tagus is known as the Ponte 25 de Abril and it bears a striking resemblance to the Golden Gate bridge in Frisco. It is only about 2.3 km long. By contrast the new Vasco da Gama Bridge inaugurated in 1998 to relieve the congestion on the Ponte 25 de Abril is a cable stayed bridge (like the Aldona-Corjuem(sp?) bridge?!) but it is reportedly 17km (seventeen km only!) long! I doubt if it was blocked any time after commissioning to celebrate anything! :)