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Branko's bridge (Serbian: Бранков мост/''Brankov most'') is the second-largest bridge (after Gazela) of Belgrade, Serbia, connecting the city center with New Belgrade across Sava river. The bridge was built in 1957, replacing the former chain-stayed King Aleksandar I (built by the Société de Construction des Batignolles) bridge that was opened on December 16, 1934 and blown up in 1941.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Twentieth Century - Innovations in Belgrade (1930-1950) )〕 The bridge actually uses lower parts of the former bridge's pylons (decorated by Ivan Meštrović in Serbo-Byzantium style) as outer constraints for its two secondary spans. 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. It is 450 m long, made as continuous 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cevovod na Brankovom mostu )〕 German company MAN is behind the original project of the bridge. Belgrade-based "Mostprojekt" company executed the project of doubling the bridge capacity in the 1970s. Head of the project team was Danilo Dragojević.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Malo ih je, ali su značajni )〕 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" (''Sava bridge''). However, when another writer, Branko Ćopić, committed 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brankov most )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sporno ime mosta )〕 ==See also== * List of bridges in Serbia * Transport in Belgrade 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Branko's Bridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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