Danube Bridge

Also known as Friendship Bridge

road–rail bridge over the Danube river

Key facts

Coordinates: 43°53′22″N 26°0′19″E / 43.88944°N 26.00528°E / 43.88944; 26.00528
Carries: Two lanes of road and railway traffic, pedestrians
Crosses: Danube
Locale: Between Giurgiu , Romania and Ruse , Bulgaria , at river kilometre 488.70
Other name: Friendship Bridge
Design: Truss bridge
Total length: 2,223 m (7,293 ft)
Clearance below: 30 m (98 ft)
Designer: V. Andreev, N. Rudomazin, Georgi Ovcharov (decoration)
Opened: 20 June 1954

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Wikidata facts

Image: Most-druschba.jpg
Length: 2224

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Commons category: Friendship Bridge (Danube)
number of spans: 37
date of official opening: 1954-06-20
clearance: 24
inception: 1895-06-20
distance from river mouth: 489
longest span: 160

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The Danube Bridge (also known as the Friendship Bridge; Bulgarian: Мост на дружбата, Most na druzhbata or, more commonly, Дунав мост, Dunav most; Romanian: Podul Prieteniei or Podul de la Giurgiu) is a steel truss bridge over the Danube River connecting the Bulgarian bank to the south with the Romanian bank to the north and the cities of Ruse and Giurgiu respectively. It is one of only two bridges connecting Romania and Bulgaria, the other one being the New Europe Bridge between the cities of Vidin and Calafat.

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