Ada Bridge construction reaches milestone

Workers building the new Sava River Bridge in Belgrade near the Ada Ciganlija river island will on Monday connect the river banks of Belgrade and New Belgrade. President Boris Tadic and Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas will be there as the last steel segment of the main span of the bridge is put in place. Ada Bridge construction reaches milestone The bridge is often described as a major achievement according to urban, traffic, environmental and aesthetic qualities. First vehicles will pass over the bridge on December 15, when a part of its access roads will be finished, Djilas has announced, adding that the bridge will be completed during 2013. It will have six lanes, along with two lanes for cyclists and pedestrians, and two metro lanes. The funds for its construction were raised from loans granted by the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and from "domestic sources", according to reports. Mayor Djilas has put the cost of the construction to EUR 120mn, excluding the access roads. The bridge was mentioned in a Discovery Channel documentary dedicated to its construction as an "engineering marvel" and one of the world's largest single-pylon bridges. (Tanjug)

Ada Bridge construction reaches milestone

The bridge is often described as a major achievement according to urban, traffic, environmental and aesthetic qualities.

First vehicles will pass over the bridge on December 15, when a part of its access roads will be finished, Đilas has announced, adding that the bridge will be completed during 2013.

It will have six lanes, along with two lanes for cyclists and pedestrians, and two metro lanes.

The funds for its construction were raised from loans granted by the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and from "domestic sources", according to reports.

Mayor Đilas has put the cost of the construction to EUR 120mn, excluding the access roads.

The bridge was mentioned in a Discovery Channel documentary dedicated to its construction as an "engineering marvel" and one of the world's largest single-pylon bridges.