Maslenica Bridge (A1): Difference between revisions

 

Approximately {{convert|1.5|km|abbr=on}} to the south, there is another bridge, carrying [[D8 (Croatia)|D8 state road]] across the same strait, and this was the original crossing point over the strait.<ref name="NN-klasifikacija">{{cite news | newspaper = [[Narodne novine]] | language = Croatian | url = http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2010_02_17_410.html | title = Decision on categorization of public roads as state roads, county roads and local roads | date = February 17, 2010}}</ref> Although that is a completely different structure, carrying a different road, that bridge is also officially called [[Maslenica Bridge (D8)|Maslenica Bridge]].<ref name="Nacional-noviD8">{{cite news | newspaper = Gradimo.hr | language = Croatian | url = http://www.gradimo.hr/Otvoren-novi-Maslenicki-most/hr-HR/3089.aspx | title = New Maslenica Bridge open | date = June 20, 2005}}</ref> The bridge carrying the A1 motorway is actually older than the one carrying the D8 road, however since the latter is a replacement for a bridge destroyed in the [[Croatian War of Independence]] in 1991, both A1 and D8 bridges are known to be referred to as both ''old'' and ''new'' ''Maslenica Bridge''.<ref name="Nacional-noviD8"/><ref name="Vjesnik-2002">{{cite news | newspaper = Vjesnik | language = Croatian | url = http://www.vjesnik.hr/Pdf/2002%5C10%5C04%5C07A7.PDF | title = New old bridge against wind and congestion | date = October 4, 2002}}</ref><ref name="Nacional-2002">{{cite news | newspaper = [[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]] | language = Croatian | url = http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13238/povratak-starog-maslenickog-mosta | title = Return of the old Maslenica Bridge | date = October 2, 2002}}</ref>

 

==Construction==