| Vidin-Calafat bridge | |
|---|---|
| Carries | two lanes of roadway, one railway track,[1] two walkways[2] |
| Crosses | Danube |
| Locale | between Calafat, Romania and Vidin, Bulgaria, at river kilometre 796[2] |
| Designer | Fernández Casado |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 1,971 m (6,467 ft) |
| Opened | end of 2012 |
The Vidin-Calafat Bridge (also known as Danube bridge 2; Bulgarian: Мост Видин - Калафат, Most Vidin-Kalafat or Дунав мост 2, Dunav most 2; Romanian: Podul Calafat-Vidin) is a road and rail bridge between the cities of Calafat, Romania and Vidin, Bulgaria. It will be the second bridge on the shared section of the Danube between Romania and Bulgaria. The bridge is to be built by the Spanish company Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, and the cost is projected to be $160 million.[3]
Construction officially began on 13 May 2007 in Vidin in the presence of Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev and Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe Erhard Busek.[4] According to former Romanian Minister of Transport, Constructions and Tourism Radu Berceanu, construction had planned to be completed in 2010, with most of the construction will be done by Bulgarian subcontractors.[5][6]
The bridge is part of Pan-European corridor IV. By 2017, the bridge will have access to Bucharest - Craiova - Timişoara - Budapest motorway, allowing rapid transit in Northwestern Bulgaria, Southwestern Romania and Eastern Hungary.[5][6]
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