Belgrade is situated at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers. The city is home to several iconic bridges. During BELGRADE CRUISING we are going to see some of the bridges of Belgrade:
- Ada Bridge (Most na Adi) – This cable-stayed bridge spans the Sava river and connecting the municipalities of Čukarica and New Belgrade. The bridge crosses the tip of Ada Ciganlija island, with the pylon located on the tip of the island
- Gazela Bridge (Most Gazela) – This bridge is the most important bridge over the Sava river. It is a part of the city highway and it lies on European route E75, connecting Belgrade with Niš to the south, and Novi Sad to the north. The name of the bridge, Gazela is Serbian for “Gazelle”. Đorđe Lazarević, who was president of the competition commission, said that “this bridge leaped over the Sava like a jumping gazelle”, and the name stuck.
- Sava Bridge, (Savski most) is the smallest bridge used for road traffic in Belgrade. In addition to road traffic, trams also cross it. It is about 430 m long, while the span between the two main pillars is 157 m. The bridge has one lane for road vehicles, which is used by trams at the same time. It was built during the occupation in 1942, and at that time it was the only bridge over the Sava River.
- Branko’s Bridge (Brankov most) – This bridge is one of the oldest in Belgrade, having been built in 1956 on the foundations of the 1934 King Alexander Bridge, which was destroyed in World War II. It spans the Sava river and connects the city center with New Belgrade.
- Pupin Bridge (Pupinov most) – is a road bridge over the Danube River, which is located upstream of the city center and connects Belgrade neighborhoods of Zemun and Borča. It’s named after Serbian scientist and inventor Mihajlo Pupin.