Krk Bridge

45.24581214.56888Koordinaten: 45 ° 14 ' 44.9 " N, 14 ° 34 ' 8" O

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The Krk Bridge (Croatian Krcki Most) connects the Croatian island of Krk to the mainland.

The road bridge is an arch bridge made ​​of reinforced concrete with an overhead roadway and consists of two bridges with the small island of Sveti Marko in the middle. The larger of the two bridges going from the mainland by the canal Tihi ( German " (wind) Stiller channel") to Sveti Marko, the smaller of Sveti Marko over the burni channel ( German as: " Windy channel ", named after Bora ) to Krk. The amount spans 390 m and 244 m. Extrapolating the submerged foundations fighters to then spans the longer arc has a width of 416 m. It was longer than the Gladesville Bridge in Sydney, Australia in its opening, the most tensioned concrete arch bridge in the world and 85 m. It was not surpassed until 1996 by the Wanxiang Bridge in China with 420 m. Both bridges are together with all driveways 1,450 m long. The maximum arc height is 67 m.

The arches of the respective bridges was produced from July 1976 to 1980 precast box segments outdoor porch with a Hilfsabspannung. The two halves of the bridge approached each other from both sides and were eventually joined in the middle. They are designed for wind speeds of 142 km / h. There 20,500 cubic meters of concrete, 130 tonnes of prestressing steel and 4,500 tons of reinforcing steel were used. On average, 350 workers were working at the construction site.

The bridge was opened in honor of the President of Yugoslavia under the name Tito Bridge on July 19, 1980. From 1980 to 2000 27.2 million crossings were counted. The use of the bridge is a toll road.