Dry Bridge ( sr, Мост на сувом, Суви мост) is a bridge in

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. It currently does not span any physical obstacle, since the flow of the river under it was diverted.

History

The bridge was built in 1962 by project engineer Rada Janjatov, as a

suspension bridge A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...

. Its purpose was to connect Zrenjanin city center with

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quarter. Two holding towers, one on the north side and the other on the south side, are made of

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and

concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most wi ...

. The northern tower is a 23-meter-high pylon, while the southern tower is A-shaped and 16 meters high. The suspension cable is made of 102 steel wires. In 1985, city authorities decided to fill in the secondary bed of the Begej river. A dike between two lakes of the former Begej bed was built at the bridge site, and 23 years after being built, Dry Bridge lost its purpose. the bridge still stands, although rusty and in bad condition. The city authorities plan to demolish the bridge since it does not have any purpose and is unsafe. Some residents claim that Dry Bridge has become an ironic symbol of

, and should not be demolished, on the basis that it is one of only a few bridges in the world that does not span any kind of physical obstacle; Trinity Bridge in

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, England is another smaller, older example.

References

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External links

Image of the bridge

About the bridge (In Serbian)

Suspension bridges in Serbia Zrenjanin Buildings and structures in Vojvodina Bridges in Serbia