Pupin Bridge

Pupin Bridge
Pupinov most
Coordinates 44°51′52″N 20°22′52″E / 44.8645°N 20.3811°ECoordinates: 44°51′52″N 20°22′52″E / 44.8645°N 20.3811°E
Carries Motor vehicles, Pedestrians, Bicycles
Crosses Danube River
Locale Belgrade, Serbia
Characteristics
Design Girder bridge
Material Concrete
Total length 1,507 metres (4,944 ft)
Width 29.1 metres (95 ft)
Height 22.8 metres (75 ft)
Longest span 172 metres (564 ft)[1]
History
Constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation
Construction begin October 2011
Construction end 18 December 2014

The Pupin Bridge (Serbian Cyrillic: Пупинов мост, Pupinov most) is a road bridge over the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. The bridge is located upstream of the city center and connects Belgrade neighbourhoods of Zemun and Borča. Opened in December 2014, it became the second bridge over the Danube in Belgrade, after the Pančevo Bridge. During the construction, its tentative name was Zemun–Borča bridge, but later it got named after Serbian scientist and inventor Mihajlo Pupin.[2]

The bridge and 21.6 km of new access roads will help to divert heavy traffic from Belgrade city centre. The bridge is designed as two independent bridge structures of three car lanes 3.5 meters wide and pedestrian-bicycle paths on both sides.[3]

The bridge construction costs of EUR 170 million were provided by the Chinese Exim Bank (85%) and the Government of Serbia and the City of Belgrade (15%).[4] The Chinese-built bridge was also China’s first big infrastructure investment on the European continent.

The bridge was opened by Premier of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang on 18 December 2014.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "The Closure Of Main Span Of Zemun-Borca Bridge In Serbia Is Successfully Realized". China Road & Bridge Corporation. 2014-01-24. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Most Zemun - borča i zvanično Pupinov most". RTS. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Zemun-Borča Bridge". Beobuild.rs. 18 Feb 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Zemun-Borca bridge to be completed by December 2014". InSerbia Network Foundation. January 22, 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Premier Li to open Chinese-built bridge in Belgrade". http://news.xinhuanet.com''. 2014-12-19. Retrieved 22 December 2014.