Belgrade bridges

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Belgrade Landmarks Serbia – Belgrade lies on the confluence of two large, international European rivers. From the banks of Sava and Danube one can see how beautiful Belgrade truly is. Numerous historic sources state that Belgrade bridges were made out of wood and stone.

The oldest mentioned bridge is from the 5th century, and it was connecting the banks of Sava in the then Roman Singidunum. The pontoon bridges were often built on the banks of Sava and were mostly used during military conquests.

Traffic in Belgrade – In 1884 Belgrade got its first railway bridge that, across Sava River connected it to Zemun. This bridge got demolished during both world wars, and current Old railway bridge was built after WW2. Up to 1979 it was the only railway bridge across Sava, when was build the New railway bridge – known for being the first railway suspension bridge in Europe.

Belgrade Landmarks Serbia – Belgrade got its first grand road bridge in 1934. It was bearing the name of the just assassinated king Aleksander Karadjordjevic, in a Serbian-Byzantine style across the river Sava.

After its demolition in WW 2, the bridge was reconstructed in 1955 and got the name “Brotherhood and Unity bridge”. However, it is more known under the name “Branko’s Bridge” as right after it starts the street carrying the name after a Serbian poet Branko Radicevic. It is a common error that it wa named after a writter Branko Copic who commited a suicide jumping of it.

In 1935 Belgrade gets its first bridge across Danube, connecting the city to Banat. It was build with the name the Bridge of King Peter I and after the WW 2 it was renamed into the Red Army’s bridge. However, citizens of Belgrade gave it a much simpler name that is stil used nowadays – Pancevo Bridge.

Traffic in Belgrade – during the occupation of Belgrade in WW 2 in 1942, Germans constructed a bridge that connected the Bus station and Staro Sajmiste. Today this bridge is more known as the Old Sava Bridge. In 1944, this bridge was saved fro demolition by a Belgrade teacher Miladin Zaric who cut the detonator wires.

In 1970, in Belgrade was constructed the busiest bridge – Gazela bridge. It was an amazing architectonic endeavour and its name came from its resemblance to African gazelle while jumping.

New symbol of Belgrade was constructed in 2012 – the magnificent Ada bridge.  It is the longest suspension bridge in the world with only one pylon.  Also, this bridge is unique because the pylon is not in the center of the bridge and based on the length of the cables this bridge is connected to – this is the 3rd such bridge in the world. The pylon is 198 meters tall – only 3 meters lower than the Avala tower.

The bridge of Mihajlo Pupin is the last one constructed. It is connecting the banks of Danube, Zemun and Borca, and its construction ended in 2014 contributing to better traffic in Belgrade.

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