page_title: Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal
section_title: International
hierarchical_section_title: Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal / Operations / International
caption_attribution_description: English: The four-level Stack interchange connection Interstate 25, E-470, and the Northwest Parkway north of Denver.
context_page_description: Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal, S.A. is a Portugal-based international transportation company. The group's largest business area is highway management, in which it is the largest concessionaire in its home country. Founded in 1972 by Jorge de Brito, Brisa also has operations in countries including the United States and the Netherlands. Since 2000 Brisa's largest shareholder has been the investment company Grupo José de Mello, which owns over 30% of its stock through subsidiaries. The Spanish infrastructure company Abertis holds around 15% of the firm. The company is listed on the Lisbon Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the benchmark PSI-20 and Euronext 100 indices.
context_section_description: In the United States, Brisa holds 100% of the operation of the Northwest Parkway toll road near Denver, Colorado since 2007. In 2007 the firm purchased 30% of Movenience, the electronic toll collection system used in the Western Scheldt Tunnel in the Dutch province of Zeeland; this stake was increased to 40% in 2010.
  Brisa's 16.3% holding in Brazilian peer Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias (CCR) was sold in June 2010.
caption: Brisa has led the operation of Colorado's Northwest Parkway since 2007
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