Cernavodă Bridge | |
Native Name: | Podul Cernavodă |
Native Name Lang: | ro |
Locale: | Between Cernavodă and Fetești |
Carries: | Freeway, double-track electrified railroad line, two walkways |
Crosses: | Danube Borcea branch of the Danube |
Open: | 1986 (Borcea bridge) 1987 (Cernavodă bridge) |
Design: | Truss bridges |
Designer: | CCCF Bucharest[1] IPTANA Bucharest (viaducts)[2] |
Length: | 2622m (8,602feet) |
First Length: | 1640m (5,380feet) (over main branch) |
Second Length: | 982m (3,222feet) (over Borcea branch) |
Width: | 32.5m (106.6feet) |
Mainspan: | 190m (620feet) |
Coordinates: | 44.3398°N 28.0169°W |
The Cernavodă Bridge (ro|Podul Cernavodă) is a complex of two freeway-railroad truss bridges in Romania, across the Danube River, connecting the cities of Cernavodă and Fetești, between the regions of Dobruja and Muntenia.
Inaugurated in 1987, the bridges have a total length of 2622.85m (8,605.15feet), of which 1640.35m (5,381.73feet) over the Danube at Cernavodă, and 982.5m (3,223.4feet) over the of the Danube, at Fetești.[2] [3]
The Cernavodă Bridge lies on the A2 Sun Motorway, in the vicinity of the old Anghel Saligny Bridge. Across the railway bridge runs the CFR Line 800, connecting Bucharest to the ports of Constanța and Mangalia on the Black Sea.