Southern Bridge Dienvidu tilts | |
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| Coordinates | 56°54′56″N 24°09′26″E / 56.9156°N 24.1572°E |
| Carries | six lanes of traffic |
| Crosses | Daugava River |
| Locale | Riga, Latvia |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | extradosed bridge |
| Material | Steel, concrete |
| Total length | 803 metres (2,635 ft)[1] |
| Width | 34.28 metres (112.5 ft)[1] |
| Height | 13 metres (43 ft) |
| Longest span | 110 metres (360 ft) |
| No. of spans | 7 |
| Clearance above | 8.5 metres (28 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 2004 |
| Construction cost | 811.24 M € (and counting) |
| Opened | 2008 |
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The Southern Bridge (Latvian: Dienvidu tilts) is an extradosed bridge built across the Daugava River in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The bridge was constructed between 2004 and 2008, and was opened on November 17, 2008.[2] Construction of the access roads lasted until 2013.
Because of the bridge's huge cost it also become colloquially known as The Golden Bridge (Zelta tilts).[2]
- ^ a b Hanley, Monika (November 27, 2009). "A bridge to disaster". The Baltic Times. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ a b "Riga getting two 'new' bridges". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. August 20, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
it may take a while before everyone refers to the Southern Bridge by its real name. It has entered the popular lexicon as the 'Golden Bridge', not because of the orange-ish colouration of its suspension system but because of the gargantuan cost of erecting it.