Danube Bridge: Difference between revisions

Opened on 20 June 1954<ref>[http://valahia.jurnalgiurgiuvean.ro/category/istorie/istorie-locala/ The history of "The Danube" bridge] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901030311/http://valahia.jurnalgiurgiuvean.ro/category/istorie/istorie-locala/ |date=2011-09-01 }} {{Ro icon}}</ref> and designed by Soviet engineers V.&nbsp;Andreev and N. Rudomazin,<ref>{{cite web | publisher = sprintinfo.ru | year = 2009 | url = http://sprintinfo.ru/view.php?page=stat&read=yes&mess=1235991364 | title = Лужнецкий мост, г. Москва | work = sprintinfo.ru | accessdate = 2013-03-01}}</ref> the bridge is {{convert|2223.52|m|ft|abbr=on}} long and was, at the time, the only bridge over the Danube shared by Bulgaria and Romania, with other traffic being served by [[ferry|ferries]] and land routes. Decorations were designed by Bulgarian architect [[Georgi Ovcharov]]. The bridge has two decks; a two lane motorway and a railway. Sidewalks for pedestrians are also included. The central part of the bridge (85 m) is mobile and can be lifted for oversized boats passage. The maintenance of the mobile part is Romania's responsibility and is periodically checked. The bridge was constructed in two and a half years with the aid of the [[Soviet Union]].