Cernavodă Bridge

The Cernavodă Bridge is a complex of two freeway-railroad truss bridges in Romania, across the Danube River, connecting the cities of Cernavodă and Feteşti, between the regions of Dobruja and Muntenia.

Cernavodă Bridge
Coordinates44°20′23″N 28°01′01″E
CarriesFreeway, double-track electrified railroad line, two walkways
CrossesDanube
LocaleBetween Cernavodă and Feteşti
Characteristics
DesignCCCF Bucharest[1]
IPTANA Bucharest (viaducts)[2]
Total length2,622 m (8,602 ft)
Width32.5 m (107 ft)
Longest span190 m (620 ft)
History
Opened1987
Location

Inaugurated in 1987, the bridges have a total length of 2,622.85 m (8,605.2 ft) of which 1,640.35 m (5,381.7 ft) over the Danube and 982.5 m (3,223 ft) over the Borcea branch of the Danube.[2][3]

Cernavodă Bridge lies on the A2 Sun Motorway, in the vicinity of the old Anghel Saligny Bridge.

See also

References

  1. Un nou pod peste Canalul Dunare-Marea Neagra va fi inaugurat la Cernavoda at ziaruldeiasi.ro (in Romanian)
  2. Giurgeni–Vadu Oii Bridge at iptana.ro (in Romanian)
  3. The Cernavodă Bridges Archived May 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)


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