Calafat-Vidin Bridge

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Vidin-Calafat Bridge
Carries two lanes of roadway, one railway track,[1] two walkways[2]
Crosses Danube
Locale between Calafat, Romania and Vidin, Bulgaria, at river kilometre 796[2]
Total length 1971 m
Opening date 2010?
Coordinates 43°59′38.36″N 22°54′23.99″E / 43.9939889, 22.9066639

The Calafat-Vidin Bridge (Bulgarian: Мост Видин-Калафат, Most Vidin-Kalafat or Дунав мост 2, Dunav most 2; Romanian: Podul Calafat-Vidin) is a planned road and rail bridge between the cities of Calafat, Romania and Vidin, Bulgaria. It will be the second bridge on the shared section of the Danube between Romania and Bulgaria. The bridge is to be built by the Spanish company Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, and the cost is projected to be $160 million.[3]

According to Romanian Minister of Transport, Constructions and Tourism Radu Berceanu, construction of the bridge is to begin in June 2006 and is planned to finish in 2010. According to Berceanu, most of the construction will be done by Bulgarian subcontractors.[4][5]

The bridge will be part of Pan-European corridor IV.[4][5] Construction officially began on 13 May 2007 in Vidin in the presence of Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev and Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe Erhard Busek.[6]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "Вторият мост над Дунав", Mediapool.bg, 2005-03-25. Retrieved on 2007-02-10. (Bulgarian) 
  2. ^ a b (November 2004) Construction of ... Bridge ... at Vidin-Calafat. ISPA. Retrieved on 2007-02-10. 
  3. ^ "Podul intre Romania si Bulgaria - 160 milioane de dolari", Evenimentul Zilei, 2007-01-11. Retrieved on 2007-02-10. (Romanian) 
  4. ^ a b "Строителството на Дунав мост 2 стартира през юни", News.bg, 2007-02-10. Retrieved on 2007-02-10. (Bulgarian) 
  5. ^ a b "През юни тази година ще започне строителството на моста на р. Дунав между Видин и Калафат", Bulgarian National Radio website, 2007-02-10. Retrieved on 2007-02-10. (Bulgarian) 
  6. ^ "Станишев направи първа копка на Дунав мост 2", News.bg, 2007-05-13. Retrieved on 2007-05-13. (Bulgarian) 

[edit] External links

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Calafat - Vidin Bridge on Google Maps

 
Bridges of the Danube
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Trajan's Bridge
 Calafat-Vidin Bridge
 Downstream
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