Podul Calicilor, 1856
Podul may refer to: *Podul Grant, bridge for motorway and lightrail in Bucharest, Romania *Podul Lung, a village in Sipoteni village, Călăraşi district, Moldova *Podul Popii, tributary of the river Bașeu in Romania *Podu (other) Podu (Romanian for "the bridge") starts off the names of several places in Romania. It is also a traditional system of cultivation used by tribes in India, whereby different areas of jungle forest are cleared by burning each year to provide land fo ..., several places in Romania * Typhoon Podul (other) used to name two tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean {{disambiguation ...
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Podul Grant
Podul Grant (''Grant Bridge'') is a bridge for motorway and lightrail in Bucharest, Romania. It is named after Effingham Grant, the United Kingdom, British Consul (representative), consul in Bucharest in the mid-19th century. Initially, the bridge was made of steel, and opened in 1910. Between 1979 and 1982, the old bridge was mostly demolished, to make way for a brand new concrete one, with slip ramps and wider lanes. Since then, a number of maintenance and modernisation projects have been executed. The bridge is located in the Giulești neighborhood of Sector 6 (Bucharest), Sector 6 of the city. It is passed by a tram way (line 41), which was upgraded while Traian Băsescu was Mayor of Bucharest, mayor, becoming the first lightrail line in Bucharest. Today, the bridge connects Crângași Square with Turda Street, crossing west–east over Giulești Boulevard, the railroads and Grivița Boulevard. It is one of the symbols of the football club FC Rapid București, București, its ...
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