Beška Bridge ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Мост код Бешке, Most kod Beške) crosses the

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river near

Beška Beška () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in the region of Syrmia (Syrmia District), in Inđija municipality. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population numbering 6,239 people (2002 cen ...

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on the A1 motorway, part of the

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. It consists of two identical

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constructions, the first being completed in 1975 and the second in 2011. With 2,205 m total length, it is the longest bridge over the Danube.

Name

The bridge does not have an official name, usually referred to as ''Beška Bridge'' due to its vicinity to the Beška settlement.

History

The first bridge was designed by architect

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, who also designed

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Žeželj Bridge Žeželj Bridge ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Жежељев мост, Žeželjev most) is a tied-arch bridge on the Danube river in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. The bridge was originally built in 1961, and was destroyed during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslav ...

and the foundations of the Belgrade Centre railway station. It was built by

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from 1971 to 1975. It was bombed twice and partly destroyed during the

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on 1 April and 21 April 1999, but it was temporarily fixed soon after the bombing was over and reopened on 19 July 1999, as it is an important part of the E75. A twin new bridge for northbound traffic was built right next to the old one between 2008 and 2011, by a consortium led by Austrian group

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, and was opened on October 3, 2011. After its opening, the old bridge was closed for reconstruction, to be finally opened for the designated traffic in August 2014. The total contracted value of the works was €33.7 million, and it was financed from an

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loan. The bridge carries a full motorway profile, having two traffic lanes, hard shoulder lane and two pedestrian lanes.

Gallery

File:286. Beška, bridge on the freeway between Novi Sad and Beograd.jpg, Beška Bridge from the Danube, before northbound construction, August 2008 File:Aŭtovojo M22 super Danubo, 2.jpeg, Areal view of the northbound construction, June 2010 File:Beška, dálniční most.jpg, Northbound bridge road, October 2012 File:Beska bridge over Danube.jpg, Areal view of Beška Bridge, April 2015 File:Beška Most.jpg, River passing beneath the bridge, October 2018

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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080831060234/http://www.yu-build.com/main/f/063/063.html * http://www.plovput.rs/plovni_put_mostovi_full_1232.htm
Aerial video of the Beška Bridge
Road bridges in Serbia Transport in Vojvodina Bridges completed in 1975 Bridges completed in 2011 Bridges over the Danube Yugoslav Serbian architecture {{Serbia-bridge-struct-stub

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