| Solidarity Bridge | |
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| Official name | Most Solidarności |
| Carries | 4 lanes (motor vehicles) of two national roads: national road no. 60 and national road no. 62 Pedestrians and cyclists |
| Crosses | Vistula River |
| Locale | Płock, Mazovia Poland |
| Maintained by | General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways |
| Designer | Nikola Hajdin Bratislav Stipanić Józef Krawczyk |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Material | Steel 2 Pylons: steel |
| Total length | 1,712 m (1.064 mi) (5,617 ft) |
| Width | 27.5 m (90 ft) |
| Height | 63.7 m (209 ft) (pylons) |
| Longest span | 375 m (1,230 ft) |
| Number of spans | 5 |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| Clearance below | 12 m (39 ft) (at the normal level of the river) |
| Construction begin | July 29, 2002 |
| Construction end | October 13, 2007 |
| Opened | October 13, 2007 |
| Toll | Free |
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The Solidarity Bridge (Polish: Most Solidarności) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Vistula River in Płock, Poland, being in a sequence of two national roads: national road no. 60 and national road no. 62.
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The main span of the Solidarity Bridge is 375 metres long. The main span is one of the longest in the world among cable staeyd bridges with cables located in single plane. At the same time, it is the longest span in the world among cable stayed bridges with a fixed-in deck pylon.
The main span of the Solidarity Bridge is a longest span in Poland and this part Europe.
The Solidarity Bridge in Płock used to be the largest and longest cable-stayed bridge in Poland until the construction of the Rędziński Bridge in Wrocław in 2011.
The Solidarity Bridge was built from July 2002 till October 2007 and opened October 13, 2007.[1]