The Puch Bridge ( sl, Puhov most), officially the Bridge over the Drava River in Ptuj (), is an

extradosed bridge An extradosed bridge employs a structure that combines the main elements of both a prestressed box girder bridge and a cable-stayed bridge. The name comes from the word '' extrados'', the exterior or upper curve of an arch, and refers to how the " ...

over the

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River near

lake Ptuj Lake Ptuj (; sl, Ptujsko jezero) is a reservoir on the Drava River southeast of the town of Ptuj in eastern Slovenia. It is the largest reservoir in Slovenia and was created in 1978 when a dam for the Formin hydroelectric power plant was bu ...

in northeastern

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. It is named after the inventor

Johann Puch Johann Puch ( sl, Janez Puh, 27 June 1862 – 19 July 1914) was a Slovene inventor and mechanic who went on to become the founder of the Austrian Puch automobile plants, then one of the most significant vehicle producers in Europe. Biography Joh ...

(1862–1914). It is long and wide, and has an area of . It was built from October 2005 until May 2007, when it was opened for traffic. Its architects were

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and

Viktor Markelj Viktor Markelj (born 1958, Zgornja Bistrica) is a Slovenian structural engineer and bridge specialist. Career Markelj graduated from the University of Maribor - Faculty of Civil Engineering in 1982. He obtained a PhD degree in civil engineer ...

, who was also its constructor.

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