ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IN YUGOSLAVIA

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• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 1, 1946
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1, A vcoden brldgp ha$ rocantl7 beet. completed over the Bednja RIVOr bOt e'en
Brkilotovav wod Kt-,povue in Croata. This 56 meter long bridge bad been des-
tr*yed 41uring the vex ,Noe. is located on the Nevivarof-Varatdinske Taplice-
Tho iart4p Miksio..alleve concrete brIdgp over tho Tara River in Serbia has
Varetdin road.
boon re-el/lit, It is, 152 meters above the rive7 aud 367 meters long. The
INixGisAnie. had destroyed s 48 woter lout; span of the bridge during the wax.
3. The bl:i4c1 over the Siaa River near tho to 4)1' *della which is located near
T4lubljane has -iecn vas-milt, It is 75 onters lonc;.
4. In tkia%owe ef Yrai.,:x Slovonta) a 150 meter long bridge over tbe Sava was
deitroyed duril,g t'-,.$, ?Inr. The Germans constructed a telvporary woodqn bridge
J!,c.,3,',nate pillars unich is still in use. knell hridse is being., Imilt on
'.11A.;e43, pillsrc Jr=1 riTlace the wooden structuro.
5, 0-Je- -t-lo Rir4nia Worer ':zet..r aokru Gora, on the rd connecting Serbia uith
60fIni. PV(:' ',,!cr67,e;lagy..o, 4,ht br.e4-.',v hasboon rebufilt *V concrote.-Its length
te 25 ant*?rp, :!.ts wid-lh 10.50 wetors. The bri,r,se i.,, lr.cated smOviest of
Usi.eo.
6. & roall av,e, railroad W7idge on the Laubijana.adovo %foto line Se located in
the village of Zalni. Its length is 150 meter:: and its height 20 moters. It
is constrt,ctsd oi conorete and stone in a seDa-ciroular form.
7. A bridge on the Mogtar-Sarajevo road over tho Noratva RiTer in the village
or Xondio bes be em relmilt. The cont,rete structure is 87 meters long and
comoots lissloia wich lorsegovina and -,-,4o Adriatic "loast.
. The constvuot5en of a railroad bridgo Nith a capacity of 25 tons over the
Drava Rilice near Osijok Ss in procesv. the railroad line connects Osijek
'Willa Doreg ave the ihl.k!avlsn border. Ilnew iron fraAework is bsing assembled
on the 016 pillars z;f the fervor briAge. even "t;houel the '01,1-i-0 -4.11 be
tomorarT. sSnoo thsva are plat') for s.:. tow high,Jay and railroad brido
lar to t1nc one betoeoA lielgrads and P5:eovo.
9. rao No.r- Sea3 road bma been reopenod to tragfio. swersa bridges and a
no::.-1 tunrel he.d to be, rebuilt. The bridue / Lika nver has been
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/0. A tempor&ry iron bridv (Bailey brier') is under construction over the SAW,
'iver near Bw,anska C;radiska. The total lenth will be 24E meters 1Lith three
spans; the middle span will ha.uo a length of 30.50 meters to remit boat
traffic rnder it. fhis bridge, with a maximum load or 24 tons, is tho only
one over the ',ava bapween Zagreb and 7Lav-,nski Brod.
The bridge between r.larkovac and 'wilujinac over the Morava -iver is still
under construction alc is not expected to be finished before June of 1947.
Th e bridge will be 31 the road yllich connects esi.;ern ad western Serbia.
12 The bridge over oraca in .iontenre, 1:icated near 1-odgoricA, has been
completed. It is built or iron.
13. Th a eedr,3ral road between lerane and "Pozaj has been completed. The 30 kilometer
long road connects Montenegro with the ,le.tchie and southern Serbia.
14. The wooden bridge over the Drava River near Oro s is finished its length is
216 meters and its width is six reters. The two main rillars are of concrete
A.nd briks 21/277,,rt a o; 70 tc,us. Thre are 16 spans' of six
meters and ten srans of 12 meters.
16. Traffic has been res.7.med on t.he road between --copl:le and Djevde141a on the
0reeD border r;ince new road has been built heeen D,)mir Yapija and Udova.
The old road had been Restroyed beyond renair. A railroad line had followed
the It bank or the Vardar River, but now the new railway is on the right
bank. A tunnel of 270 meters was built. Por the rail traffic.
The road and railroad bridge over the Sava river near Drcko has been completed:.
Jt s length is 793 meters with 29 spans, and is constructed of iron on concrete
and stone pillars. It connects Slavonia with western Bosnia.
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