Bridge on the Neretva

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Bridge on the Neretva
Coordinates	43°39′15″N 17°45′44″E / 43.654111°N 17.762222°E / 43.654111; 17.762222
Crossed	Neretva
Locale	Jablanica
Official name	Memorial Bridge on the Neretva
Owner	Municipal Council of Jablanica
Maintained by	J.U. Muzej "Bitka za ranjenike na Neretvi" Jablanica
Heritage status	National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Commission to preserve national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 July 2009
Website	www.muzej-jablanica.com/ba/en/
Characteristics
Design	Inverted bowstring truss 1888-1943; Deck truss 1943-1968
Material	Iron, steel
Pier construction	stone, concrete
Total length	78m
Width	5m
Height	8m collapsed
Water depth	2-3m
Traversable?	no
No. of spans	1
Piers in water	no
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks	1
History
Constructed by	Austria-Hungary; Germans; Energoinvest
Construction end	1888
Dedicated	to the "Battle for the Wounded" Memorial of the Battle on the Neretva
Rebuilt	7 March 1943 Partisans' 2nd Dalmatian Brigade constructed provisional; August 1943 German constructed anew; 1978 memorial.
Collapsed	8 March 1943
Destroyed	4 March 1943, 1968
Replaced by	provisional wooden structure used and demolished between 7–8 March 1943; German constructed new in August 1943; Memorial bridge on 1978.
Location

The Bridge on the Neretva is the memorial bridge on the Neretva river, in Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bridge is part of the Memorial of the Battle on the Neretva dedicated to the famous World War II battle, fought between Yugoslav partisans and Axis forces, as part of the 4th Enemy Offensive in February–March 1943. The battle is also known as the "Battle for the Wounded on the Neretva" or simply the "Battle for the Wounded".