Danube Bridge 70 years old

The Danube Bridge at Rousse - Giurgiu, also known as the Bridge of Friendship, is the main road linking the two countries across the Danube on the about 500 km border between Bulgaria and Romania. It was officially opened on June 20, 1954, as it was Europe’s biggest of the time combined bridge with railway and motor way. The main architect of the project was V. Andreev, and the construction of the bridge was completed between 1952 -1954 by Bulgaria and Romania with the contribution by neighbor countries and the USSR. It is 2,8 km long and 30 m. high above the water surface of the river – on two levels – for railroad and car traffic. The middle part of the bridge is mobile so it could be lifted in cases of big ships crossing the river.

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