For further security, the bridge was built to withstand gusts of wind up to 140 miles per hour [220 kph] and seismic shocks four and a half times greater than the earthquake that destroyed much of Lisbon in 1755.
लिसबॆन शहर की उत्तरपूर्वी सीमा पर ताड़ के पेड़ लहलहा रहे हैं ।