A suspension bridge has been just completed in Romania that is the second longest in mainland Europe. The Bralia Bridge across the Danube River is 1,975m long.
A suspension bridge has been completed in Romania that is the second longest in mainland Europe. New Civil Engineer reports that the Bralia Bridge across the Danube River is 1,975m long with a deck span of 1,120m and is suspended approximately 40m above the water level.
The £427m project features a four-lane road and cycle paths and emergency lanes. It is constructed primarily from steel and reinforced concrete, and involved over 1,350 workers.
At the Braila Bridge inauguration, WeBuild chief executive Pietro Salini said: “After the technological challenge of Braila, we are ready with IHI to build – again with a single span – a record-breaking bridge over the Strait of Messina, putting the successes that Italian engineering has achieved in the world at the service of the country.”
He added: “With the length of its central span, Braila is a 1:3 scale model of the bridge that can finally unite Sicily and Calabria. These are projects that are, first and foremost, dreams that our Group today has the honour of making them a reality.”
Mainland Europe’s longest suspension bridge is the Great Belt Bridge in Denmark, which is 6,790m long, although its main span is shorter than the 1,380m long Hardanger Bridge, also in Denmark.
The Humber Bridge in the East Riding of Yorkshire was the world’s longest single-span suspension bridge between its opening in 1981 and 1998, and remains the UK’s longest suspension bridge at 2,200m from anchorage to anchorage.
The world’s first modern suspension bridge is considered to be the Menai Bridge, which connects the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales with the mainland. It was designed by Thomas Telford and opened in 1826 and is still in operation today, although it requires frequent maintenance and repair.
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