The Rio–Antirrio Bridge (Greek: Γέφυρα Ρίου–Αντιρρίου), officially the Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge, is one of the world's longest multi-span cable-stayed bridges and longest of the fully suspended type. It crosses the Rion Strait between the Gulf of Corinth and Gulf of Patras, linking the town of Rio on the Peloponnese peninsula to Antirrio on mainland Greece by road. It opened one day before the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, on 12 August 2004, and was used to transport the Olympic flame.
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Rio–Antirrio Bridge in the context of Rion Strait
The Rion Strait (Greek: Στενό Ρίου) is a strait that connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Gulf of Patras (and hence the Ionian Sea). The strait is spanned by the Rio–Antirrio Bridge which connects the town of Rio on the south with the town of Antirrio on the north. The strait is also known as the Strait of Lepanto or the Rio–Antirio Strait.