Branko's bridge from the air.

Branko's bridge (Serbian: Бранков мост/Brankov most) is the second-largest bridge (after Gazela) of Belgrade, Serbia, across Sava river, connecting the city center with New Belgrade. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (600x800, 99 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (600x800, 99 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Serbian (српски језик; srpski jezik) is one of the standard versions of the Shtokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, and by Serbs in the Serbian diaspora. ... A log bridge in the French Alps near Vallorcine. ... Location of Belgrade within Serbia Coordinates: Country Serbia District City of Belgrade Municipalities 17 Government  - Mayor Nenad Bogdanović (DS) (since 2004)  - Ruling parties DS/DSS/G17+ Area  - City 3,222. ... --> Anthem Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian language 1 Recognised regional languages Hungarian, Croatian, Slovak, Romanian, Rusyn 2 Albanian 3 Government Semi-presidential republic  -  President Boris Tadić  -  Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment  -  Formation 8th century   -  First unified state c. ... For other uses of this word, see Sava (disambiguation). ... Coat of Novi Beograd Novi Beograd (Нови Београд - New Belgrade) is a new part of Belgrade located on the left bank of Sava river. ...

The bridge is built in 1957^[1] after World War II, replacing the former King Alexander I bridge that was built in 1934 and blown up in 1941.^[2] It has dual carriageway with three lanes in both directions; actually, it consists of two separate constructions in each direction, and the second was finished in 1979.^[3]. It is 450 m long, made as continous steel box girder, with central span of 261 m and side spans of 81.5 m each. It is crossed by nearly 90,000 vehicles daily, and traffic congestions are frequent.^[4] Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This early German Autobahn uses a dual carriageway design. ... The word lane has two meanings: a portion of a paved roadway which is intended for a single line of vehicles and is marked by white or yellow lines. ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ... Span is a section between two intermediate supports of a bridge. ... Congestion is a state of excessive accumulation or overfilling or overcrowding. ...

The name of the bridge is unofficial, and seems to owe it to a bizarre chain of events. Its official name during the communist rule was "Brotherhood and unity bridge" (Most bratstva i jedinstva), but that name never caught up: it was called "bridge in Branko's street" (named after Branko Radičević, Serbian romanticist poet) or "Savski most". However, when another writer, Branko Ćopić, commited a suicide by jumping from the bridge in 1984, the current name started circulating and eventually caught up; it is still not clear after which Branko it was named. ^[5][6] Brotherhood and unity (known locally as Bratstvo i jedinstvo or Bратство и јединство or Bratstvo in enotnost) was the catch phrase for the official policy of inter-ethnic relations in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Branko Radičević (Serbian: Бранко Радичевић) was one of best Serbian poets of the 19th century. ... Branko Ćopić on 50 pfenig banknote of Bosnia and Herzegovina Branko Ćopić (Бранко Ћопић; January 1, 1915 – March 26, 1984) was a Bosnian Serb writer. ...

See also

• Transport in Belgrade

// Urban The public city transport in Belgrade consists of buses, trams, and trolleys. ...

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