Beška Bridge

Beška Bridge
Мост код Бешке
Most kod Beške
Coordinates Coordinates: 45°10′11″N 20°4′47″E / 45.16972°N 20.07972°E / 45.16972; 20.07972
Carries E75 in Serbia
Crosses Danube
Locale Beška, Serbia
Official name None, usually referred to as Beška bridge (Most kod Beške)
Characteristics
Design Branko Žeželj
Total length 2205 m
Width 14.40 m
Height 68.20 m
Longest span 210 m
Number of spans 43
Clearance above 50 m[1]
History
Opened 1975 (right lane bridge), 2011 (left lane bridge)

Beška Bridge (Serbian: Мост код Бешке or Most kod Beške) is a concrete highway bridge on the Danube river near Beška, Serbia. The bridge was built in 1975 and it is the largest bridge on Danube overall.

The first bridge was designed by architect Branko Žeželj, who also designed Belgrade Fair – Hall 1, Žeželj Bridge and Prokop station. It was built by Mostogradnja from 1971 to 1975.[1] It was bombed twice and partly destroyed during NATO bombing of Serbia on 1 April and 21 April 1999, but it was temporarily fixed soon after the bombing was over and reopened on 19 July 1999, as it is an important part of the E75.

A twin new bridge for northbound traffic was built right next to the old one between 2008 and 2011, by a consortium led by Austrian group Alpine Bau, and was opened on October 3, 2011.[2] After its opening, the old bridge was closed for reconstruction, to be finally opened for the designated traffic in August 2014.[3]

The bridge allows full motorway profile of the E75 in Serbia, having two traffic lanes, hard shoulder lane and two pedestrian lanes.

References

  1. 1 2 "Novi most Beška" (in Serbian). Public Utility "Roads of Serbia". Retrieved 2014-12-25.
  2. ↑ "Ubrzo rešenje za most kod Beške" (in Serbian). Radio-Television of Serbia. 11 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Od nedelje bez saobraćaja na starom mostu Beška" (in Serbian). Blic. 9 July 2014.

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