Cernavodă Bridge

For another bridge in the same area, see Anghel Saligny Bridge.

The Cernavodă Bridge (Romanian: Podul Cernavodă) is a complex of two freeway-railroad truss bridges in Romania, across the Danube River, connecting the cities of Cernavodă and Fetești, between the regions of Dobruja and Muntenia.

Cernavodă Bridge Podul Cernavodă
Coordinates	44°20′23″N 28°01′01″E
Carries	Freeway, double-track electrified railroad line, two walkways
Crosses	Danube Borcea branch of the Danube
Locale	Between Cernavodă and Fetești
Characteristics
Design	Truss bridges
Total length	2,622 m (8,602 ft)
Width	32.5 m (107 ft)
Longest span	190 m (620 ft)
First section length	1,640 m (5,380 ft) (over main branch)
Second section length	982 m (3,222 ft) (over Borcea branch)
History
Designer	CCCF Bucharest[1] IPTANA Bucharest (viaducts)[2]
Opened	1986 (Borcea bridge) 1987 (Cernavodă bridge)
Location

Inaugurated in 1987, the bridges have a total length of 2,622.85 m (8,605.2 ft), of which 1,640.35 m (5,381.7 ft) over the Danube at Cernavodă, and 982.5 m (3,223 ft) over the Borcea branch [ro] of the Danube, at Fetești.^[2][3]

The Cernavodă Bridge lies on the A2 Sun Motorway, in the vicinity of the old Anghel Saligny Bridge. Across the railway bridge runs the CFR Line 800, connecting Bucharest to the ports of Constanța and Mangalia on the Black Sea.

See also

• A2 motorway (Romania)
• CFR Line 800 (Bucharest – Mangalia)
• Anghel Saligny Bridge
• List of bridges in Romania

References

1. Un nou pod peste Canalul Dunăre-Marea Neagră va fi inaugurat la Cernavodă at ziaruldeiasi.ro (in Romanian)
2. The combined bridges Borcea and Cernavodă at iptana.ro (in Romanian)
3. The Cernavodă Bridges Archived May 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)

External links

• Cernavoda Bridge at Structurae
• Borcea Bridge at Structurae

The Cernavodă Bridge (left) and the Anghel Saligny Bridge (right) over the Danube