Dobra Bridge (A1)

Dobra Bridge
Coordinates45°30′18″N 15°27′37″E / 45.504903°N 15.460167°E / 45.504903; 15.460167
CarriesA1 motorway
CrossesDobra River
LocaleCentral Croatia
Official nameMost Dobra
Maintained byAutocesta Rijeka – Zagreb
Characteristics
DesignGirder bridge
Total length546 m
Width2 x 10.5 m
Longest span70 m
History
Opened2001
Statistics
Tollcharged as a part of A1 motorway toll
Location
Map

The Dobra Bridge is located between Karlovac and Novigrad interchanges of the A1 motorway in Croatia, spanning Dobra River. It is 546 metres (1,791 ft) long, and it comprises four traffic lanes and two emergency lanes.

Construction work on the Dobra Bridge started in 1999 and was completed in 2001.[1] Cost of the construction work was 57 million Croatian kuna (7.7 million euro). During the construction there was one major incident: on 1 July 2000, three girders plummeted from the main span piers into the river below. The incident did not cause any injury and damage was reported to be marginal.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Viadukt-Dobra was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Antun Krešimir Buterin (October 29, 2000). "Motorway between Zagreb to Vukova Gorica ready in seven months - by the Croatian Statehood day" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 28, 2002. Retrieved September 14, 2010.