Ilok–Bačka Palanka Bridge

Ilok–Bačka Palanka Bridge
25 May Bridge

Мост '25. мај' (Serbian) or Мост Бачка Паланка-Илок (Serbian)
Most Ilok-Bačka Palanka (Croatian)
View of the Bridge from Bačka Palanka riverbank
Coordinates45°13′58″N 19°24′06″E / 45.2328°N 19.4017°E / 45.2328; 19.4017
CrossesDanube
LocaleBačka Palanka,  Vojvodina,  Serbia
Ilok,  Vukovar-Syrmia,  Croatia
Named forRelay of Youth
Preceded byErdut–Bogojevo Railway Bridge [Wikidata]
Followed byLiberty Bridge, Novi Sad
Characteristics
Designgirder bridge
Total length825 meters
History
Opened1974
Rebuilt2002
Location
Map

The Ilok–Bačka Palanka Bridge or the 25 May Bridge crosses the Danube at its 1297th kilometer, connecting the towns of Ilok, Croatia and Bačka Palanka, Serbia. It is the 825 meters long single-carriageway road bridge, built as a box girder construction. It was opened in 1974 as the "25 May" Bridge, named after the birthday of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. The bridge was damaged by airplane bombs during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia on 4 April 1999. After reconstruction, it was opened for truck and bus traffic on 30 April 2002.[1][2]

The bridge is a border crossing itself, and there is an additional land crossing nearby, towards the village of Neštin in the west.[3] It is the terminal point of the Croatian D2 road and a part of Serbian road M18.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mostovi na gornjem toku Dunava" (in Serbian). Politika. 28 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Obnovljen most izmedju Iloka i Backe Palanke" (in Serbian). B92. 30 April 2002.
  3. ^ "Granični prijelazi i područja nadležnosti carinarnica" (PDF) (in Croatian). Croatian Customs Administration. 30 January 2009.

45°13′58″N 19°24′06″E / 45.23278°N 19.40167°E / 45.23278; 19.40167

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