The Cernavodă Bridge (Romanian: Podul Cernavodă) is a complex of two freeway-railroad truss bridges in Romania, across the Danube River, connecting the cities of Cernavodă and Fetești, between the regions of Dobruja and Muntenia.
Cernavodă Bridge Podul Cernavodă | |
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Coordinates | 44°20′23″N 28°01′01″E / 44.33976°N 28.01686°E |
Carries | Freeway, double-track electrified railroad line, two walkways |
Crosses | Danube Borcea branch of the Danube |
Locale | Between Cernavodă and Fetești |
Characteristics | |
Design | Truss bridges |
Total length | 2,622 m (8,602 ft) |
Width | 32.5 m (107 ft) |
Longest span | 190 m (620 ft) |
First section length | 1,640 m (5,380 ft) (over main branch) |
Second section length | 982 m (3,222 ft) (over Borcea branch) |
History | |
Designer | CCCF Bucharest[1] IPTANA Bucharest (viaducts)[2] |
Opened | 1986 (Borcea bridge) 1987 (Cernavodă bridge) |
Location | |
Inaugurated in 1987, the bridges have a total length of 2,622.85 m (8,605.2 ft), of which 1,640.35 m (5,381.7 ft) over the Danube at Cernavodă, and 982.5 m (3,223 ft) over the Borcea branch of the Danube, at Fetești.[2][3]
The Cernavodă Bridge lies on the A2 Sun Motorway, in the vicinity of the old Anghel Saligny Bridge. Across the railway bridge runs the CFR Line 800, connecting Bucharest to the ports of Constanța and Mangalia on the Black Sea.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Un nou pod peste Canalul Dunăre-Marea Neagră va fi inaugurat la Cernavodă at ziaruldeiasi.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ a b The combined bridges Borcea and Cernavodă at iptana.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ The Cernavodă Bridges Archived May 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
External links
edit- Cernavoda Bridge at Structurae
- Borcea Bridge at Structurae