Spanish civil engineering group Azvi announced that it has completed the installation of the two arches at the Zezelj bridge across the Danube river in Novi Sad, in northern Serbia. The installation of the arches represents an important milestone in the project of construction of the 474-m long Zezelj bridge, featuring two railway lines, two road lanes and two lanes designed for pedestrians and cyclists. The new bridge will replace the one destroyed in 1999.
The two arches – with a length of 180 and 220 metres, respectively – are the longest of their type in Europe and have a total weight of 11,300 tonnes. The European Union has invested 30.3 million euros in the construction of the bridge, plus 4.1 million euros for the construction of access roads, while the Novi Sad local government has provided approx. 4 million euros.
The Zezelj bridge is part of Pan-European Corridor X, which will connect Salzburg in Austria to the Greek port of Thessaloniki, passing through Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia.
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