Gazela bridge (in front)

Gazela (Serbian Cyrillic: Газела, meaning gazelle) is the largest bridge of Belgrade, Serbia, across Sava river, connecting the city with New Belgrade. It lies on European route E75, on the highway passing through the wider city center, connecting Belgrade with Niš on south and Novi Sad on north. It was designed by a group of engineers led by Milan Đurić and built in 1966-1970, by Belgrade company Mostogradnja. Image File history File linksMetadata Belgrade_bridges2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Belgrade_bridges2. ... Serbian Cyrillic is the Serbian variant of the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Species Several, see text A gazelle is an antelope of the genus Gazella. ... 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 E75 is part of the Trans European Road Network, which is a series of main roads in the European Union. ... NiÅ¡ or Nish (Serbian: Ниш / NiÅ¡,  , Latin: Naissus, Greek: Ναισσός Naissos) is a city in Serbia situated at 43. ... Nickname: Serbian Athens Motto: Град по мери грађана City of the citizens (in English) Location of Novi Sad within Serbia Coordinates: Country  Serbia Province Vojvodina District South Bačka Established 1694 City status February 1, 1748 Politics    - Mayor Maja Gojković (SRS)  - City assembly SRS, DSS and SPS  - Municipalities 2 (Novi Sad and Petrovaradin) Area... Mostogradnja is the leading Serbian bridge building company, with headquarters in Belgrade and daughter companies in Podgorica, Montenegro and Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina and a representative office in Moscow, Russia. ...

The bridge is 332 m long and 27.5 m wide, with three lanes in each direction, and total road width of 21.8 m. It is constructed as a combination of beam and arch, with shallow-frame beam and diagonal steel-concrete abutments. The maximum height of the span centre is 22.8 m at median water level. The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... 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. ... A steel pedestrian footbridge over the a busy road in Swansea, typical of many beam bridges A beam bridge is a direct descendant of the log bridge now made from steel I beams, box beams (hollow rectangular tubes), reinforced concrete, or post-tensioned concrete (concrete with tubes for cable tendons). ... A poopyhead bridge (sometimes butt hole bridge to distinguish it from a through arch bridge) is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. ... A statically determinate beam, bending under an evenly distributed load. ... An Abutment is the end supports of a bridge superstructure. ...

The bridge is the chief connection line between old and New Belgrade, and also carries the transit traffic on E70 and E75 highways through Belgrade. As such, it is fairly overloaded and a cause of frequent congestions, as it leans on the main Belgrade's "Mostar" knot. Reconstruction of the bridge is underway in 2006-2007, and the relief of congestion problem is expected when the Belgrade bypass (scheduled for 2008) and an additional bridge over Ada Ciganlija are completed. From west to east: La Coruña, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne, Lyon, Turin, Verona, Venice, Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade, Timişoara, Craiova, Bucarest, Rousse, Varna, Samsun, Trabzon, Poti. ... The E75 is part of the Trans European Road Network, which is a series of main roads in the European Union. ... Ada Ciganlija in the summer Ada Ciganlija (Serbian Ada Ciganlija, Cyrilic Ада Циганлија - pronounced in English rougly as /ada tsiganliya/) is an island in the Sava river flowing through central Belgrade the capital city of Serbia and Montenegro. ...

References

• The Gazela bridge - Belgrade. YU Build.
• Belgrade Bypass, Serbia. CEE Bankwatch network.
• Dr. Mihajlo Maletin (2005-09-15). Projekat bezimenih komisija (Serbian).