Maslenica Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 44°14′12″N 15°31′20″E / 44.23667°N 15.52222°E |
| Carries | A1 motorway |
| Crosses | Maslenica Strait (Adriatic Sea) |
| Locale | Southern Croatia |
| Official name | Most Maslenica |
| Maintained by | Croatian Motorways Ltd |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | concrete arch bridge |
| Total length | 377.6 m |
| Width | 20.4 m |
| Longest span | 200 m |
| Clearance below | 65 m |
| History | |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | charged as a part of A1 motorway toll |
| Location | |
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Maslenica Bridge (Croatian: Most Maslenica,[1] but also known as Croatian: Maslenički most) is a 377.6 m (1,239 ft) long reinforced concrete arch bridge spanning the Novsko Ždrilo strait of the Adriatic Sea, north of Zadar, Croatia, carrying the Croatian A1 motorway. It is located between the Rovanjske and Posedarje interchanges of the A1 motorway.[2]
The bridge comprises a 200-metre (660 ft) span reinforced concrete arch, with an arch rise of 65 metres (213 ft). The arch comprises a box cross section, a double cell of constant depth. The superstructure is continuous across 12 spans, consisting of prestressed girders made monolithic with the in situ cast deck slab and transverse girders.[3]
The bridge is maintained and operated by Croatian Motorways Ltd.
Approximately 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to the south, there is another bridge, carrying D8 state road across the same strait, and this was the original crossing point over the strait.[4] Although that is a completely different structure, carrying a different road, that bridge is also officially called Maslenica Bridge.[5] The bridge carrying the A1 motorway is actually older than the one carrying the D8 road, however since the latter is a replacement for a bridge destroyed in the Croatian War of Independence in 1991, both A1 and D8 bridges are known to be referred to as both old and new Maslenica Bridge.[5][6][7]
- ^ "Zagreb - Split Motorway (pp. 6-7)" (PDF). Croatian Motorways Ltd (in Croatian). July 18, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 14, 2005.
- ^ "Regulation on motorway markings, chainage, interchange/exit/rest area numbers and names". Narodne novine (in Croatian). May 6, 2003.
- ^ "HAC Monografija". Croatian Motorways Ltd (in Croatian). May 17, 2010. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010.
- ^ "Decision on categorization of public roads as state roads, county roads and local roads". Narodne novine (in Croatian). February 17, 2010.
- ^ a b "New Maslenica Bridge open". Gradimo.hr (in Croatian). June 20, 2005.
- ^ "New old bridge against wind and congestion" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). October 4, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2003.
- ^ Milivoj Đilas (2 October 2002). "Povratak starog Masleničkog mosta" [Return of the old Maslenica Bridge]. Nacional (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.