Millennium Bridge (Montenegro)

Millennium Bridge
Crosses	Morača River
Locale	Podgorica, Montenegro
Official name	Most Milenijum
Characteristics
Design	cable-stayed
Total length	173 m (568 ft)
Longest span	140 m (459 ft)
History
Opened	July 13, 2005

Millennium bridge over Morača river in Podgorica

The Millennium Bridge (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Мост Миленијум) is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Morača River, in Podgorica, Montenegro.

The bridge was designed by the Slovenian company Ponting and Mladen Ulićević, a professor at Faculty of Civil Engineering in Podgorica. It was built by the Slovenian company Primorje, and opened on July 13, 2005, Montenegro's National Day. It quickly became one of the city's most prominent landmarks.

The bridge is 173 metres long, and the pylon soars 57 m above the roadbed. Twelve cables support the roadway deck, while twenty-four more are attached to the counterweights, creating an imposing image.

The construction of the bridge began in 2005, and the building cost was approximately 7 million euros. The roadway carries two lanes of traffic and a pedestrian walkway in each direction. The bridge connects the Boulevard of Ivan Crnojević in the city centre and July 13 street in the new part of city, thus relieving the other congested bridges connecting the city center with the densely populated districts over the Morača river.

External links

• Millennium Bridge (Podgorica) at Structurae

Coordinates: 42°26′41.69″N 19°15′32.45″E / 42.4449139°N 19.2590139°E / 42.4449139; 19.2590139