New Railway Bridge

New Railway Bridge
New Railway Bridge in 2012
Coordinates44°47′58″N 20°26′10″E / 44.79944°N 20.43611°E / 44.79944; 20.43611
CarriesRailway
CrossesSava
LocaleBelgrade
Official nameНови железнички мост
Novi železnički most
Maintained bySerbian Railways Infrastructure
Characteristics
DesignCable-stayed bridge
Total length1,928 metres (6,325 ft)
Longest span254 metres (833 ft)
History
Construction start1975
Construction end1979
Opened1983 (1983)
Statistics
TollNo
Location

New Railway Bridge (Serbian: Нови железнички мост, romanized: Novi železnički most) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Sava river in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Opened in 1979, it was the second railway bridge over the Sava in Belgrade after the Old Railway Bridge in 1884, and fifth in the row of six bridges which span the river in the urban section of the city.

It was the first railway bridge in Europe to use cable-stayed girder system, as this type of bridges was used only for the motorways until that point.