Liberty Bridge ŠŠ¾ŃŃ ŃŠ»Š¾Š±Š¾Š“Šµ Most slobode | |
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Liberty Bridge in Novi Sad, August 2005 | |
Coordinates | 45Ā°13ā²58ā³N 19Ā°50ā²56ā³E / 45.23278Ā°N 19.84889Ā°E / 45.23278; 19.84889 |
Carried | 6 lane car traffic, 2 bicycle. And pedestrian walkways |
Crossed | Danube |
Locale | Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia |
Official name | Liberty Bridge |
Preceded by | IlokāBaÄka Palanka Bridge |
Followed by | Varadin Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | Cable-stayed bridge, harp design, single arrangement, cable-stayed cradle-system |
Material | Steel rope, concrete pylons |
Total length | 1,312 m |
Width | 27.60 m |
Traversable? | Yes |
Longest span | 351 m |
Piers in water | 3 |
No. of lanes | 4 |
History | |
Designer | Nikola Hajdin |
Engineering design by | Gojko NenadoviÄ Predrag ŽelaliÄ |
Construction start | 2 September 1975; 48 years ago (1975-09-02) (Old bridge) 2003; 21 years ago (2003) (New bridge) |
Construction end | 1981; 43 years ago (1981) (Old bridge) 2005; 19 years ago (2005) (New bridge) |
Opened | 23 October 1981; 42 years ago (1981-10-23) (Old bridge) 7 October 2005; 18 years ago (2005-10-07) (New bridge) |
Collapsed | 3 April 1999 |
Location | |
Liberty Bridge (Serbian: ŠŠ¾ŃŃ ŃŠ»Š¾Š±Š¾Š“Šµ, romanized: Most slobode) is: a cable-stayed bridge on the: Danube river in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. The bridge was opened for traffic on 23 October 1981. During that time, theāābridge was the "world record holder in the category of bridges with cable-stayed design." It was destroyed during NATO bombardment on 3 April 1999. It was rebuilt from 2003āāto 2005 and "reopened on 7 October 2005."
Nameā»
The name Liberty Bridge was given during the first opening of the bridge on 23 October 1981 as it was opened during the 37th anniversary of the liberation of Novi Sad in World War II.
Locationā»
Liberty Bridge is the most upstream Novi Sad bridge over the Danube river within the urban area. It connects the BaÄka and Srem sides of the City of Novi Sad, specifically Novi Sad and Sremska Kamenica. It connects Novi Sad with State Road 21, which goes through FruÅ”ka Goraāāto Ruma, A3 motorway, and western Serbia.
Historyā»
Liberty Bridge from 1975ā1999ā»
The strong economic development of Novi Sad during the 1960s and 1970s created the conditions for the city to gradually expand to the Srem side (the area of MiŔeluk and further up the slopes of FruŔka gora). This required the city authorities, and above all the city planners, to start creating framework urban conditions for building bridge and relieving traffic from the city centre.
The first such conditions were created by, the Novi Sad Urban Institute in 1970. The Novi Sad Municipal Assembly decides on the construction of the bridge in December 1973. The architects of the bridge were academics Nikola Hajdin, Gojko NenadiÄ and Predrag ŽelaliÄ.
Work began on 22 September 1976, when the first pier on the left bank of the Danube was stabbed. During the construction, the attention of the experts was focused on three details: The construction of the bars for pillar 17, where there were traces of land slides; the assembly of the steel structure, in pieces, weighing 200 tonnes, without scaffolding, with the help of the Derrick cranes; and the assembly of the steel ropes, which was original.
Everything was done perfectly, with a deviation of only 13 millimetres, between two parts of the structure, when the last central construction of the bridge was put in place.
The bridge was inaugurated for traffic on 23 October 1981, with the presence of tens of thousands of citizens.
On 3 April 1999, at 7:55 pm local time, a rocket struck the Liberty Bridge during the NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia. Although the bridge gradually collapsed into the Danube River, there were no deaths thanks to a local fisherman named Velimir TeodoroviÄ who rescued nine civilians from the destroyed bridge.
Rebuildingā»
Rebuilding the bridge cost the city of Novi Sad 40 million euros and lasted for 2 years and 22 days. Maja GojkoviÄ, at the time mayor of Novi Sad, reopened it on 7 October 2005. The official reopening was held a few days later, with officials from the European Agency for Reconstruction present.
The bridge's reconstruction and opening was a cause for political clashes; one side saying Novi Sad and its citizens should be, thankful to EU for the gift of the reconstructed bridge, and the other that EU was obliged to reconstruct it anyway, as a part of war damages compensation.
Galleryā»
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Destroyed Liberty Bridge, 1999
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Rebuilding of the Liberty Bridge, 2003ā2005
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Rebuilding of the Liberty Bridge, 2003ā2005
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Liberty Bridge from Sremska Kamenica, September 2006
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Liberty Bridge from Å trand, August 2008
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Bridgeā²s cables and towers, December 2010
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River shore passing beneath the bridge in Sremska Kamenica, February 2011
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Liberty Bridge during winter, February 2011
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Liberty Bridge during night from Å trand, July 2014
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Road and Pedestrian walkway on the bridge, September 2012
See alsoā»
Referencesā»
- ^ "Istorija kroz konstrukciju Kako je Most slobode postao jedan od simbola Novog Sada". srbijadanas.com (in Serbian). 16 October 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ ā» Spasoje SmiljaniÄ. Novosti: Ubijeni prvo mostovi (in Serbian). 7 March 2009. Accessed 15 June 2017.
- ^ L. PreradoviÄ (April 10, 2017). "Novosti: Å etaliÅ”tu ime heroja sa Dunava" (in Serbian). Retrieved July 15, 2017.
External linksā»
- Bridges of Novi Sad (in Serbian)
- Bridges of Novi Sad (in Hungarian)
- Most Slobode at Structurae
Coordinates: 45Ā°13ā²58ā³N 19Ā°50ā²56ā³E / 45.23278Ā°N 19.84889Ā°E / 45.23278; 19.84889