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Ponte de Santa Clara
Coordinates	40°12′22″N 8°25′50″W / 40.20611°N 8.43056°W / 40.20611; -8.43056
Crosses	Mondego River
Locale	Coimbra, Portugal
Official name	Ponte de Santa Clara
Maintained by	Estradas de Portugal
Characteristics
Design	T-section and haunched girder bridge[1]
History
Designer	Edgar Cardoso
Construction start	April 5, 1951 (1951-04-05)
Construction end	October 30, 1954 (1954-10-31)
Construction cost	€ 75,000
Opened	October 30, 1954; 70 years ago (1954-10-30)
Location

The Ponte de Santa Clara (Portuguese for Santa Clara Bridge) is a t-section and haunched girder bridge completed and opened on 30 October 1954, crossing the Mondego River leading to the town square of Coimbra. It was inaugurated on the same date it opened by prime minister António de Oliveira Salazar for a total cost of 15,000 contos (€ 75,000).