Krk Bridge

Krk Bridge Krčki most
Coordinates	45°14′40″N 14°34′00″E / 45.24444°N 14.56667°E / 45.24444; 14.56667
Carries	Road vehicles
Crosses	Krk Channel, Adriatic Sea
Locale	Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
Other name(s)	Tito's Bridge
Maintained by	Hrvatske autoceste
Characteristics
Design	concrete arch bridge
Total length	1,430 m (4,692 ft)
Width	11.40 m (37 ft)
Longest span	390 m (1,280 ft) (416 m (1,365 ft) underwater)
Clearance below	67.02 m (220 ft), smaller bow 54.56 m (179 ft)
History
Constructed by	Mostogradnja Hidroelektra[1]
Construction start	1976[2]
Construction end	1980[2]
Construction cost	$50 million USD[3]
Opened	19 July 1980[4]
Statistics
Toll	None (since 15 June 2020)[5]
Location

Krk Bridge (Croatian: Krčki most) is a 1,430 m (4,692 ft) long reinforced concrete arch bridge connecting the Croatian island of Krk to the mainland. Carrying over a million vehicles per year, it was the last tolled bridge in Croatia that was not part of a motorway until the removal of tolls in 2020. The longer of the bridge's two arches is the third-longest concrete arch in the world and the longest outside of China, and among the longest arches of any construction. The bridge was completed and opened in July 1980 and originally named Tito's Bridge (Croatian: Titov most) in honor of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito, who had died two months earlier.^[6] The bridge has since been renamed Krk Bridge or Krčki most.^[7] The bridge was tolled since its opening until the removal of tolls on 15 June 2020. However, passage had been toll free for Krk residents since 1999 and vehicles owned by Krk businesses since the 2000s. When the tolls were removed, passenger cars were being charged 35 kuna, southbound only.^[5]

Prior to 1 January 2021, maintenance was undertaken by Autocesta Rijeka - Zagreb d.d. Due to the acquirement of ARZ by Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o. on that date, the bridge is now maintained by HAC.